Description: Antique Chromolithograph ( Color Lithograph ) " Whittier's Barefooted Boy " Dated April 1st., 1871 Antique wood & composition frame with pierced, gilt decoration. Size Lithograph size; 10" x 13" Frame size; about 12.75" x 16" Chromo-lithographed and Published by L. Prang & Co. Washington St., cor. Gardiner, Boston ( Massachusetts ) After the original painting by Eastman Johnson ( 1824 - 1906 ) Jonathan Eastman Johnson (1824 -1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. Johnson was best known for his genre paintings , paintings of scenes from everyday life, and his portraits both of everyday people and prominent Americans such as Abraham Lincoln , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Ralph Waldo Emerson , and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. His later works often show the influence of the 17th-century Dutch masters, whom he studied in The Hague in the 1850's. In his day, Johnson was known as " The American Rembrandt ." Original labels still present on the back , including List Of Prang's Chromos dated April 1, 1871. Condition The print surface has a few small dings, but is otherwise very good. The antique gilt decorated frame has wear and some damage / loss. ( see the photos ) Publisher Louis Prang ( 1824 - 1909 ) was an American printer, lithographer, and publisher. In 1860 he created L. Prang and Company and began work in colored printing of advertising and other forms of business materials. The firm became quite successful, and became known for war maps, printed during the American Civil War and distributed by newspapers. In 1864, Prang went to Europe to learn about cutting-edge German lithography and, returning the next year, began to create high quality reproductions of major art works. Prang also began creating series of popular album cards, advertised to be collected into scrapbooks, showing natural scenes and patriotic symbols. At Christmas 1873, Prang began creating greeting cards for the popular market in England and began selling the Christmas card in America in 1874. He is sometimes called the "father of the American Christmas card ." " The Barefoot Boy " is a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 -1892) , one of the most popular American poets in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, Whittier was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. The Barefoot Boy " Blessings on thee, little man , Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons , And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face , Through thy torn brim’s jaunty grace ; From my heart I give thee joy , - I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art, - the grown-up man Only is republican. Let the million-dollared ride ! Barefoot, trudging at his side, Thou hast more than he can buy In the reach of ear and eye, - Outward sunshine, inward joy : Blessings on thee, barefoot boy ! " Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.
Price: 54 USD
Location: Coventry, Rhode Island
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: J. Eastman Johnson
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Size: Medium
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Item Length: 13 in
Region of Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Framing: Framed
Year of Production: 1871
Width (Inches): 12.75
Item Height: 16 in
Style: Americana
Features: Framed
Item Width: 1 in
Culture: American
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Image Orientation: Portrait
Title: Barefoot Boy
Material: Lithograph
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original Antique
Subject: Children , Barefoot Boy , 19th Century America
Type: Print
Height (Inches): 16
Theme: Americana
Production Technique: Chromolithograph
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
