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Print

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1868

GUSN

GUSN-18703

Description

Five standing bulls in the foreground watch 5 approaching bulls in the background. Bulls are in a pasture near a river w/ mountains in the background. Framed in 3 in. dark wood and gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prints (visual works)
chromolithography
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
bulls (animals)
meadows
mountains
rivers
Unidentified Paper
Chromo Lithograph
Bull
Mountain
Meadow
River
PICTURE, PASTORAL

Inscription

On the back are two attachments. The first in the bottom left-hand corner reads: ""Prang's American Half-Chromos./ Morning./ After Rosa Bonheur./ Chromo-Lithographed & Published by/ L. Prang & Co./ No. 159 Washington Street,...Boston."" The second attachment in the bottom right hand corner reads: ""A List of/ Prang's American Chromos,/ March 1, 1868.""--[and lists 27 chromos]. At the bottom Prang's ""Journal of Popular Art"" is mentioned.

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

L. Prang & Co. (Maker)
After Bonheur, Rosa (Artist)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA; France

Dimensions

17.5 x 23.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1348.2

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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