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Shooting Turkeys for Thanksgiving - Day

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Shooting Turkeys for Thanksgiving - Day
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Object Details

maker

Childs, John

Description (Brief)

Colored print of an outdoor scene of a group of men and children with long rifles standing together in front of a large building and under a tree, preparing to shoot turkeys in the distant snow-covered field. Another group of similar men engage in the same activity in the background. Everyone is wearing tall bots and dressed in mid 19th Century outdoor clothing.
John Childs, was an engraver, lithographer, artist, and print colorist active in New York between the years 1836 to 1844, and in Philadelphia from 1848 through the 1860's . For a brief period while in New York, he published a quantity of political cartoons.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection

date made

after 1862

ID Number

DL.60.2416

catalog number

60.2416

accession number

228146

Object Name

lithograph

Object Type

Lithograph

Physical Description

paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)

Measurements

image: 10 1/2 in x 14 1/4 in; 26.67 cm x 36.195 cm

place made

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Related Publication

Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Horses
Architecture
Children
Birds

referenced

Thanksgiving
Holidays and Celebrations, general

Subject

Hunting

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-35b4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_324751

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