Object Details
- Strong, Thomas W.
- Description
- This hand-colored print depicts an interior scene of an unmarried man opening a large basket that contains two infants. The man wears a long coat, vest, high collar, bow tie and plaid trousers. An unopened letter lies on the floor near the basket. He has a look of dismay as he peers down on the unruly infants and realizes his responsibilities for the babies. A family of four looks on gleefully through a door in the background. Also in the background are a picture on the wall of a man on horseback, flowered wallpaper, and a patterned rug.
- Thomas W. Strong, a wood engraver and lithographer who worked in New York City from 1842-1851 produced this print. After 1851 he was listed as a publisher. Strong's prints included commentaries on social and moral themes as well as cartoons and funny valentines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- ca 1843
- ID Number
- DL.60.2300
- catalog number
- 60.2300
- accession number
- 228146
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Physical Description
- hand-colored (image production method/technique)
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 11 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in; 28.575 cm x 21.59 cm
- overall: 16 in x 12 in; 40.64 cm x 30.48 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Related Publication
- Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Clothing & Accessories
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- Morality & Religious Prints
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Courtship, love
- Communication, letter writing
- Furnishings
- Comic prints
- Children
- Toys
- Holidays and Celebrations, general
- Hunting
- Record ID
- nmah_324638
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e928-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
