News from Lexington, Putnam Leaving the Plow.
PrinterPrinted by
Kellogg & Bulkeley
American, 1867 - 1990
PublisherPublished by the
Bee Hive
Date1886-1887
MediumChromolithography; color printer's inks on coated wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 1/16 x 23in. (40.8 x 58.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 13/16 x 25 1/16in. (47.8 x 63.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 18 13/16 x 25 1/16in. (47.8 x 63.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Honiss Oyster House Company
DescriptionA young man on horseback has just arrived from the right. He wears a coat and boots and has a drum slung over his shoulder. On the left, a middle-aged man holds the reins of two draft horses who are harnessed to a plow. He wears a vest, shirt, breeches, and boots. Three young men or boys are running down a hill in the left background. All three carry muskets. One carries a powder horn. A house is on the hill behind them. Three large trees are in the right background. Additional trees line the field in the distance.
Object number1982.80.476
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "NEWS FROM LEXINGTON, PUTNAM LEAVING THE PLOW. / 'HE DARED TO LEAD WHERE ANY DARED TO FOLLOW.' / Israel Putnam." Lithographed in image, lower right, "A Christmas Gift / to its Patrons, 1886-7 / from the 'Bee Hive' / Hartford, Conn."On verso of cardboard mount, lower right, accession number.
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