The Little Family.

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

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

PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

Date1857-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (21 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 1/8 x 14 1/16in. (46 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA young girl sits at the bottom of a small, grassy hill. She wears a dress with bell sleeves trimmed with bows. A separate bodice with a V-shaped neckline is worn over a shift. Her hair is in braids, which are coiled on either side of her head and fastened or decorated with leaves. Her left hand encircles a rabbit, to which she feeds leaves with her right hand. Three additional rabbits are at the right. A fifth rabbit is at the left near a straw hat containing carrots. The large structure at the right with a picket gate is presumably a rabbit hutch. Trees are in the left background.

Object number1970.45.2

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE LITTLE FAMILY. / 104." Lower left, in pencil, "D 20 #17".

On verso, in pencil: upper left, accession number; lower left, "73505 [crossed out]" "consv CPC 1987"; lower right, "Dwr 20 [crossed out] 59". Center, in black ink, "1452/7083".

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