Camp Meeting by Kelloggs & Comstock
date: label: Date made
content: 1848-1849
name: label: distributor
content: Needham, D.
label: maker
content: Kelloggs & Comstock
notes: label: Description
content: This colored print depicts a man preaching to a large group of men and women, who are seated separately by gender on benches. In the background and on the side are tents with women seated at their openings. Eight men are seated on the platform behind the preacher. A few other people are strolling around. The tents are labeled with initials, with the exception of one that says "4 St". Two Biblical verses (Ezekiel 34:25 and Isaiah 35:1) are printed below the image on each side of the title, which celebrate the purity and sanctity of nature. Camp meetings were a popular form of Protestant worship throughout the 19th century. Lasting several days, these open-air events often involved ecstatic communal prayer. Hundreds and even thousands came from miles around for preaching and worship, and to enjoy the festival-like atmosphere.
label: Description
content: This print was produced by the lithographic firm of Kelloggs & Comstock in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1848, John Chenevard Comstock (1818-1862) formed a partnership with E.B. and E.C. Kellogg. In 1850, Edmund Burke Kellogg (1809-1872) left the firm, leaving his brother Elijah Chapman Kellogg (1811-1881) and J.C. Comstock to run the lithography firm as Kellogg and Comstock. The short-lived partnership disbanded in 1851. It was not until 1855 that Edmund Burke Kellogg rejoined his brother E.C. Kellogg and continued the successful operation of the family’s lithography firm. The print was distributed by D. Needham of New York City.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Morality & Religious Prints
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2964
label: catalog number
content: 60.2964
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 in x 12 in; 20.32 cm x 30.48 cm