The Surprise.
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by
D. Needham
American, 1808 - 1888
Date1847
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/16 x 12 5/16in. (20.5 x 31.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 13/16 x 13 5/16in. (24.9 x 33.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 13/16 x 13 5/16in. (24.9 x 33.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA man, probably a schoolmaster, looks through a crack in a board fence, at the right. He wears a coat, shirt, necktie, and trousers. His right knee rests on a wooden bench. Grass, bushes, and flowers, including what appear to roses, grow nearby. At the left, boys and girls stand outside a small building. The boys wear pants and jackets or tunics. Some wear suspenders. The girls wear dresses. A girl standing in the doorway wears an apron. Some boys hold slates or books. One boy lies on the ground in the foreground. His book and slate lie on the ground in front of him. Another boy is leaning out an open window. He wears eyeglasses and a pointed Phrygian cap. In his right hand he holds a whisk broom or torch. Two ducks are in the left foreground. One of them drinks out of a puddle or small pond.
Object number1982.43.0
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE SURPRISE. / 245."On verso, in pencil: lower left, "79156 / VY"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987" accession number "Dwr 20 [crossed out] 58" "165--".
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