A Difficult Sum by Harriet M. Bennett
date: label: date made
content: 1895
name: label: maker
content: Dutton, Thomas G.
notes: label: Description
content: This 1895 chromolithographed color book illustration is entitled “A Difficult Sum.” It depicts an older boy helping a younger boy with an arithmetic problem. They are sitting together on a school bench and holding a slate. Behind them is an open window looking onto a green landscape. There are several books strewn on the floor and an apple on the bench. On the back of this page is an image of a seaside cottage along with a poem.
label: Description
content: The British artist who created the original illustration in 1892 was Harriet M. Bennett, a watercolor painter and illustrator of children’s books, who specialized in 18th and 19th century figure subjects of children in idealized rural settings. She worked at Forest Hill, London, and exhibited many paintings at The Royal Academy between 1877 and 1892.
label: Description
content: The printer was Ernest Nister of London and Germany. It was published by E.P. Dutton of New York City in 1895.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.364
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.364
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: chromolithograph (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 8 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 21.59 cm
label: Measurements
content: print: 9 1/4 in x 7 1/4 in; 23.495 cm x 18.415 cm
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 in x 6 in; 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm