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Full-length portrait of a young boy standing on a rock in the woods. His pants are rolled up and his hands are stuffed in his pockets. He smiles out at the viewer. Framed in a 3 inch wood and gilt frame.
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On the back of the print are two attachments. The first reads: ""Prang's/ American Chromos/ Whittier's Barefooted Boy./ After Eastman Johnson/"" ""Blessings on thee, little man,/ Barefoot boy, w/ cheeks of tan;/ With thy turned-up pantaloons,/ And thy merry whistled tunes;/ With thy red lip, redder still/ kissed by strawberries on the hill;/ With the sunshine on thy face/ through thy torn brim's jaunty grace./ From my heart I give thee joy;/ I was once a barefoot boy!/ Prince thou art; the grown-up man/ Only is republican./ Let the million-dollared ride!/ Barefoot, trudging at his side/ Thou hast more than he can buy/ In the reach of ear and eye--/ Outward sunshine inward joy,--/ Blessings on thee, barefoot boy. ---Whittier/ Chromo-Lithographed & Published by/ L. Prang & Co.,/No.159 Washington Street,... Boston/ Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868 by L. Prang & Co., in the Clerk's office of --- District Court of the District of Mass."" The second attachment reads: ""A list of/ Prang's American Chromos,/ June 1, 1868.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
L. Prang & Co. (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
17.5 x 14.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1385
Massachusetts (United States)
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