Lithograph

Title:

The Old Oaken Bucket

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1957.036.072

Creator:

Gleason, Frederick (1816-1896)Publisher

Date:

1875

Description:

Chromolithograph, The Old Oaken Bucket, published by Frederick Gleason (1816-1896), 1875. Ink on paper. Two children stand next to well. Boy kneeling, left of center, drinks from well bucket; straw hat, scythe, and rake by his side. Dog at center eagerly waits for water. Girl in white and red dress leans over edge of well. One-story house, left middle ground. Cows in field, right middle ground. Farmhouse, right background. Lower center, printed on image: "THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET / Entered according to acts of Congress in the year 1875 by F. GLEASON in the office of the Librarian of Congress act Washington. " Lower right corner: "F. GLEASON, BOSTON". Stamp in orange ink on reverse from the publisher that is very decorative. At the very top is a banner "F. Gleason & CO. Below that:"CHROMO PUBLISHING COMPANY". On either side is a decorative banner: "AMERICAN / AND /EUROPEAN," left; "No 46" in center; "SUMMER," on right; "STREET" BOSTON, MASS." Lower left corner in pencil: "Noyes 10-22-57". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-15.25 W-21.35 inches

Provenance:

From the Noyes Family of Bow, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Adin M. Noyes and Carl O. Noyes

People:

Gleason, Frederick (1816-1896), Noyes, Adin M. (1914-2000), Noyes, Carl O. (1893-1970)

Subjects:

Romanticism, Children, Drinking, Drinking vessels, Drinking water, Farm life, Farmhouses, Farmsteads, Wells, Scythes and Sickles