The Hare Bell.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer American, 1849 - 1850

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink, watercolor, and Chinese white on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 14 1/16 x 8 9/16in. (35.7 x 21.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10in. (35.7 x 25.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionA young woman stands in a grassy clearing beside a bank on which flowering plants are growing. She is wearing a dress with a fitted bodice, a v-shaped waistline, and buttons all the way down the front. The high neckline and long sleeves are trimmed with lace. She wears bracelets on both wrists. With her right hand, she plucks a stalk of harebells. She holds another stalk in her left hand. Trees are in the background.

Object number1950.202.169

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE HARE BELL. / 388."

On verso, upper left, in red ink, "#66 [crossed out]" "956". Lower left, in blue pencil, "Print / Box 6 / 35 [crossed out]". In pencil: "Drawer #44"; lower center, "78510B"; lower right, "consv. CPC 1987" "Dwr 44" and accession number.

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