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The Critical Moment.
The Critical Moment.

The Critical Moment.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862
Date1857-1867
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/8 x 8in. (30.8 x 20.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10 1/8in. (35.6 x 25.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Bonnette
DescriptionA barefoot boy on the right is part way up the trunk of a large tree, clinging with his knees and grasping a slender branch with with left hand. A second boy is holding the branch with both hands as it breaks in the middle. He is wearing a smock and his straw hat is falling towards the left. He is partially supported on the shoulders of a third boy who stands facing the tree while a spotted dog tugs at his shirttail or undergarment which protrudes through a hole in his trousers. Books are on the ground at the right. A man holding a whip in his right hand is running out the door of a stone building in the left background. Hills are in the distance.
Object number2005.177.22
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE CRITICAL MOMENT."

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.507, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1920
Museum purchase, 1985.77.10, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1864-1867