We Are the Boys!!

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Thayer American, 1846 - 1847

Date1846

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/4 x 12 1/8in. (23.5 x 30.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/8 x 13in. (25.1 x 33cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA man stands in a two-wheeled cart drawn by a running horse. He wears a coat, pants, and top hat; he holds a whip in his right hand and the reins in both hands. A woman is seated beside him. She wears a dress with a lace collar, bell sleeves and undersleeves, and a straw bonnet trimmed with flowers and ribbons. She holds a single flower in her right hand. A wooden signpost in the left background reads: "15 Miles to New York!" Rocks and a leafless tree are nearby. A high stone wall is in the right background.

Object number1973.83.6

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "WE ARE THE BOYS!!" Lower center, beneath image, "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by Kelloggs & Thayer, in the clerks office, in the district court, for the southern district of N.Y."

On verso, in pencil: upper right, accession number "Dwr 41" "consv CPC 1987".

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