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Maker(s):Palmer, Frances F.; Currier, Nathaniel
Culture:American, born England, (1812-1876); American (1813-1888)
Title:American Country Life: Pleasures of Winter
Date Made:1855
Type:Print
Materials:ink on paper, hand colored; two stone lithograph
Place Made:New York
Measurements:frame: 25 1/4 in x 31 3/4 in x 3/8 in; 64.135 cm x 80.645 cm x .9525 cm; mat: 22 1/4 in x 28 7/8 in; 56.515 cm x 73.3425 cm; image: 16 1/4 in x 23 3/4 in; 41.275 cm x 60.325 cm
Narrative Inscription:  recto lwr. ctr. [printed type]: AMERICAN COUNTRY LIFE. / Pleasures of Winter. / NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU STREET.
Accession Number:  MH 2005.9.1
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Virginia W. Hughes (Virginia W. Hill, class of 1935)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
A provincial scene in which a man is bringing a sleigh drawn by two horses up to the entrance of a house to the right, while simultaneously blocking a snowball about to be thrown at him by a child. A family of four exits the house, which is set in the midst of a bucolic, snow-covered landscape.

Subjects:
Lithography

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