The Christmas Tree.

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

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

Date1857-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper in mat

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/2 x 9 3/16in. (31.8 x 23.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionTwo children, a boy and a girl, walk across a snow-covered field. The boy wears a coat or smock, plaid pants with cuffs, socks, and shoes. A stocking cap with a tassel is on his head. He carries a small evergreen tree over his right shoulder. The girl wears a coat, scarf, and hat. She carries a bundle of greens, including ivy, wrapped in a striped cloth. Bare weeds, possibly at the edge of a pond, are in the left foreground. Evergreen trees are in the right background.

Object number1996.26.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE CHRISTMAS TREE. / 169."

On verso, lower right, in pencil, "Dwr #60" and the accession number.NotesSource Note: The source is a British pre-Raphaelite book illustration, possibly by Arthur Hughes. (Finlay 3/8/2004)

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