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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_324751