Dublin Core
Title
Farm and Fireside
Description
From the popular printmakers of the 19th century--an estimated 2-3 new works per week--comes this characteristic lithograph of rural life. Its composition is striking for the angled view into a farm's domestic spaces, so viewers see what is "behind" both a farmer (his fields, field hands, equipment) and his wife (a hearth, furnishings, domestic servant). The two of them, along with a daughter, meet in the foreground for a tableau of well-ordered agricultural and domestic economies. Some of the tortured compositions entail the inclusion of hired labor crammed into the frame, yet relegated to the background. <br />
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Note: for the purposes of web display, original image has been cropped and edited.
Publisher
Currier & Ives
Date
1878
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
Format
jpeg, 2 MB<br />
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jpeg, 1.8 MB
Type
Still image
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Lithograph
Physical Dimensions
15 x 10 in.