Noah's Ark.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 x 12 3/8in. (20.3 x 31.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/8 x 13 15/16in. (25.1 x 35.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionAnimals are ascending a ramp leading to a large three-story barnlike wooden ship. Pairs of other animals approach from the foreground. These include elephants, kangaroos, deer, zebras, giraffes, camels, cranes, beavers, and lions. A large snake is coiled in two large palm trees at the left. Birds and monkeys are in a large tree at the right. Water is in the foreground and in the left background. Conical mountains are in the distance. Additional birds fly in the sky.

Object number1950.202.116

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "NOAH'S ARK. / 35"

On verso, upper left, in red ink, "934". In blue pencil, "Print / Box 5 / #24". In pencil, "$2.50" "3". Lower right, in pencil, accession number "Drw 61".NotesSource Note: A similar design, credited to Napoleon Sarony, was printed and published by Currier & Ives. The ultimate visual source for both prints was probably a seventeenth-century Flemish painting, perhaps by Jan Breughel. (Finlay 6/17/2004)

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