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Haying Time – The Last Load

1868
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In this rural scene, two children sit on a hay loaded into a wagon, drawn by oxen towards a small wooden bridge. A boy urges the animals forward, and a man and a dog walk behind. Carrying a rake and pitchfork, the man gestures to the children. In the left background are a barn and farmhouse set before distant hills. In the right background, a fisherman stands beside a brook. This print was published as a companion to "Haying-Time: The First Load," the pair engaging with the beginning and end of a day of harvesting.

The image was designed by Frances "Fanny" Flora Bond Palmer and John Cameron, lithographed by James Ives, and published by his firm, Currier and Ives.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Haying Time – The Last Load
  • Artist: After Frances Flora Bond Palmer (American (born England), Leicester 1812–1876 New York)
  • Artist: After John Cameron (American, born Scotland, ca. 1828–after 1896 New York)
  • Lithographer: James Merritt Ives (American, New York 1824–1895 New York)
  • Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
  • Date: 1868
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 15 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (40.3 × 60.6 cm)
    Image with text: 17 7/8 × 23 7/8 in. (45.4 × 60.6 cm)
    Sheet: 19 9/16 × 26 3/4 in. (49.7 × 68 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.520.31
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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