Roses, Hare Bell and Sweet Pea.

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 and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 15/16 x 8 3/4in. (30.3 x 22.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10 1/16in. (35.6 x 25.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionFlowers, including five full blown roses, two buds, a spring of sweet peas on the left and two stalks of harebells at the top, are loosely gathered into a bouquet. The thorny stems of the roses with their leaves are at the bottom. A hummingbird, at lower left, is nectaring at one of the roses.

Object number1983.16.9

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ROSES HARE BELL AND SWEET PEA. / 366."

On verso, lower right, in pencil, "Dwr 44" accession number.

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