Marriage in Cana.

PrinterPrinted by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Elijah Chapman Kellogg American, 1811 - 1881

PublisherPublished by Horace Thayer & Co. American, 1852

Date1852-1853

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 7/8 x 12 1/4in. (20 x 31.1cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/8 x 14 1/8in. (25.7 x 35.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionEleven people are seated at a long table covered with a tablecloth. A woman at the left, who wears a wreath and veil, appears to be a bride. A man seated at the far right wearing a wreath of leaves appears to be the groom. A young man offers him a goblet. A man with long hair and a beard and mustache stands in the foreground, pointing with his right hand towards a large jug or ewer. He wears a robe and cloak and is barefoot. Other men, probably servants, kneel at the left and right. They wear short tunics. The man at the right lifts a large jug or amphora. Other attendants with jugs are behind the table. Six musicians are on a balcony in the right background. Their instruments include a guitar and a recorder or flute. Large, cracked stone columns frame a perspective view of a large stone building with additional columns. A woman descends a staircase between the columns carrying a ewer in her left arm and balancing a basket on her head with her right hand. Another figure behind her is carrying a tray.

Object number1950.202.115

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "MARRIAGE IN CANA. / 274."

On verso, upper left, in red ink, "933". In blue pencil, "Print / Box 5 / 323". Lower right, in pencil, "Drw 61" and accession number.

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