Family School; Hartford, Conn.
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
Date1842
MediumLithography; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/4 x 7 5/16in. (10.8 x 18.6cm)
Sheet (height x width, open to full size): 11 3/8 x 18 1/4in. (28.9 x 46.4cm)
Sheet (height x width, open to full size): 11 3/8 x 18 1/4in. (28.9 x 46.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA residential building with columns at the corners, an oval window, and chimneys is surrounded by trees and shrubs. Vines grow on a rail fence in the foreground. A picket fence is at the right. Columns frame a gate in a lattice fence. A man and a woman stand in the garden near a small pavilion or gazebo. Three small birds fly in the sky.
Object number2000.174.11
MarkingsOn gummed label: on mylar encapsulation, upper left, in pencil, old accession number / "Dwr 49 #16" / new accession number; in black ink, "1842".InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "FAMILY SCHOOL; / HARTFORD, CONN." An extensive lithographic text follows describing the school, outlining its terms, signed by T.L. Wright. A list of references follows.On verso, upper right, in pencil, "67238".NotesObject Note: The sheet is folded in half, with the lithograph printed on the right side of the recto; the left side, which is folded back, is blank. Sheet size records the size of the entire unfolded sheet. (Finlay 5/24/2004)
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- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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Edward Williams Clay
before 1838
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1840-1844
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