The Farmer's Home -- Winter
Snow-covered farmyard scene with a barn at left; tan three-story farmhouse amidst trees in the central background; and two snow-covered haystacks at right. In central middleground, a man wearing a red jacket and blue pants carries a load of hay on his back as he trudges towards two cows in the open cow shed abutting the barn. At left, chickens stand beneath a large leafless tree. To the right of the central background, a brown horse is depicted behind a fence in front of the house.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Farmer's Home -- Winter
- Artist: After a painting by George Henry Durrie (American, New Haven, Connecticut 1820–1863 New Haven, Connecticut)
- Publisher: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1863
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 16 1/8 × 23 3/4 in. (41 × 60.3 cm)
Image with text: 17 3/4 × 23 3/4 in. (45.1 × 60.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 26 7/8 in. (50.7 × 68.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
- Object Number: 63.550.284
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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