Three Member's of the Temperance Society.

After a work byAfter a work by John Frederick Herring II British, 1815 - 1907

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Ensign, Thayer & Co. American, 1850 - 1852

Date1850-1851

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/8 x 12 3/8in. (20.6 x 31.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionThe heads of three horses are facing left as they drink water from a stone water trough. The horse on the far left has his mouth in the water. The two horses on the right have raised their heads, and water drips from their mouths in a thin stream. Water flows into the trough through a circular inlet at the left. A vine, possibly ivy, grows on the left. A branch with leaves is in the right foreground.

Object number1950.202.170

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THREE MEMBER'S OF THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. / 460."

On verso, upper left, in blue pencil, "PRINT / BOX 6 / #7". In red ink, "958". In pencil: "#958"; lower left, "Dwr 38"; lower right, accession number.NotesSource Note: The visual source is probably a painting by John Frederick Herring II (1815-1907). Although the specific source has not yet been identified, the composition is strikingly similar to that of The Frugal Meal, an 1847 painting by Herring now in the Tate Gallery in London. (Finlay 2/27/2004)

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