Father's Pride.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Ensign, Thayer & Co. American, 1850 - 1852

After a work byAfter a work by Sir Thomas Lawrence British, 1769 - 1830

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (30.2 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 3/4 x 9 13/16in. (34.9 x 24.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Bonnette

DescriptionA young boy sits on a grassy hillside. He wears what appears to be a velvet jacket, a vest, a collar of eyelet lace, and pants. His right hand rests on the back of his head; his left lies on the grass at his side. A beaked cap lies upside down at the left. A rose bush with three flowers on it is in the right foreground. Leafy plants are in the left foreground. A large rock with a bush growing above it is in the background.

Object number2005.177.9

InscribedOn recto, lithographed titled beneath image, "FATHER'S PRIDE. / 247."

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The composition is based on Sir Thomas Lawrence's portrait of Master Charles William Lambton, 1825. (Finlay 3/28/2007)

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