Young barefoot (peasant?) girl walking down the road w/ dog jumping at her side, begging for a bite of her snack. The girl carries a basket on her right arm and a fence is seen behind her near the road. Mounted in a 2 1/2 in. wood and gilt frame.
genre
prints (visual works)
chromolithography
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
dog (animal)
girls
Unidentified Paper
Chromo Lithograph
Girl
Dog
PICTURE, GENRE
On the back of the print there are two attachments. The first reads: ""Prang's American Half-Chromos/ Have Patience/ Chromo-lithographed & Published by/ L. Prang & Co./ No. 159 Washington Street...Boston"" The second reads: ""A List of/ Prang's American Chromos,/ June 1, 1868."" [and a list of works follows] At the bottom Prang's ""Journal of Popular Art"" is mentioned.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
L. Prang & Co. (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
21 x 18.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1431
Massachusetts (United States)
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