Jolly Young Ducks
On a bank beneath a tree four ducklings swim in a pond and two remain onshore. Reeds grow in the water and on shore and there is a split rail fence at right. Three of the ducklings are yellow and three have brown markings.
Artwork Details
- Title: Jolly Young Ducks
- Artist: After Frances Flora Bond Palmer (American (born England), Leicester 1812–1876 New York)
- Lithographer: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
- Date: 1866
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 9 13/16 in. × 14 in. (24.9 × 35.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 15/16 in. (30.4 × 40.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
- Object Number: 63.550.328
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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