Husking
Art
Hand colored lithograph entitled Husking. Image depicts barn interior with one woman and two people in background husking corn. Chicken perches in hay loft. In the center, a young farmer bears a basket of husked corn on his shoulders. On the left, an older man braids corn while young girl at his knee looks on. On the right, a young couple sit gazing at each other. The young man is dressed for hunting, wears a powder horn, and has brace of birds at feet. Outside the barn door, on right is a rifle. Above the rifle is the inscription "Union Forever." This print is after a work, "Corn Husking 1860" originally by Eastman Johnson, in which the inscription on the barn door was Lincoln-Hamlin, the presidential ticket for 1860. This image is considered one of the best 50 Currier and Ives images.
2007.023
Lithograph
John L. Wehle Collection
Johnson, Eastman
Charles Severn
1861
Hand Colored Lithograph
American
Signature
Bottom left
Corn husking
Harvest
Barn
Farm life
Gun
Rifle
Hunting
Courting
Civil War, 1861-1865
20-3/4 in
27-3/4 in
Frame Size: 37 x 31
New oak frame, painted gold- reframe in more appropriate frame.