Preparing for Christmas (Plucking Turkeys)
Object type: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Francis William Edmonds
Artist bio: American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: 1851
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23 × 33 in. (58.4 × 83.8 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Screven Lorillard (Alice Whitney), from the collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 2016
Accession year: 2016
Tags: Men|Turkeys|Genre Scene