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1820-1860
GUSN-25588
Engraving depicting mother embroidering while sitting on a couch with child. Marked "Kimmel and Foster, sc. `The Christmas Present.'" Engraved expressly for Demorest's Illustrated Monthly.
engravings (prints)
ink
paper (fiber product)
children (people by age group)
Christmas
families
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Picture
Picture, Genre
Unidentified Paper
Ink
Woman
Child
Christmas
Family
Picture, Genre
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Kimmel and Foster (Maker)
11.625 x 9.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.621.2
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