The Deserted Village.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1845-1846

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/16 x 8 1/4in. (28.1 x 21cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 9 15/16in. (35.6 x 25.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA young woman stands beside an elderly man. She wears a dress, a cape trimmed with lace, and a bonnet. She carries a basket on her right arm and has a fingerless glove on her right wrist. Her left hand rests on the man's right shoulder. He wears a coat, pants, and a double-breasted vest with a broad collar over a shirt and necktie. In his left hand, he holds a broad-brimmed hat. In the left background, a woman holding an infant stands in the entrance to a building with a thatched roof and diamond panes in the upper windows. Ivy grows on the wall at the far left. A large tree is in the center background. The stone buildings of a village are in the right background. A church steeple is visible above the trees.

Object number1950.202.165

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE DESERTED VILLAGE." Lithographed poem followed by author's last name beneath image title, "But for himself, in conscious virtue brave, / He only wished for world's beyond the grave. / His only daughter, - lovelier in her tears, - / The fond companion of his helplefs [sic] years, / Silent went next, neglectful of her charms, / And left a lover's for her father's arms. / 269 Goldsmith."

On verso, upper left, in red ink, "841". In pencil: lower left, "Print / Box 7 / #43"; lower right, "841" "Consv. CPC 1987" "Dwr 40" and accession number.

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