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Scene with Figures

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1700-1799

GUSN

GUSN-4067

Description

Three people seated at a table near a cottage with three people standing (one near table, one in doorway and one beyond house to left with sheep); possibly Biblical or allegorical. Glazed; simple molded frame painted black.

Details

Descriptive Terms

engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
hand coloring
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Picture
Picture, Genre
Unidentified Paper
Hand Colored
Stipple Engraved
Dining
Picture, Genre

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.313 x 7.375 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.374A

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