Lover's Quarrel
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: lithographer
content: Case & Waters
notes: label: Description
content: Sentimental genre prints documented the social image of Victorian virtue through domestic scenes of courtship, family, home life, and images of the “genteel female.” Children are depicted studying nature or caring for their obedient pets as they learn their place in the greater world. Romantic scenes picture devoted husbands with their contented, dutiful wives. In these prints, young women educated in reading, music, needlework, the arts, the language of flowers, basic math and science are subjugated to their family’s needs.
label: Description
content: These prints became popular as lithography was introduced to 19th Century Americans. As a new art form, it was affordable for the masses and provided a means to share visual information by crossing the barriers of race, class and language. Sentimental prints encouraged the artistic endeavors of schoolgirls and promoted the ambitions of amateur artists, while serving as both moral instruction and home or business decoration. They are a pictorial record of our romanticized past.
label: Description
content: This colored print is of two women and a man. One of the women is seated on a chair, the other stands behind her. The man stands with his back to both. The man and the seated woman are sharing or comparing miniatures of each other. All are wearing elaborate clothing of an earlier period. The seated woman is wearing a necklace, two bracelets and earrings. The standing woman is wearing a bracelet and earrings. Behind the two women is a table cluttered with several jars, bottles and boxes. There is a screen obstructing the view of the rest of the room.
label: Description
content: This lithograph was published by the lithography firm Case & Waters. Case & Waters was based in Hartford, CT and started producing lithographs in 1834. Lucius Case was a great competitor of the Kellogg family lithography firm. He partnered with various other lithograph printers including, Case & Skinner from 1840-1842 and Case & Green from 1849-1852. He was known for his work with copperplate engraving.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Courtship, love
label: Subject
content: Costume
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content: Adornment
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content: Furnishings
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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.60.2326
label: catalog number
content: 60.2326
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 9 in; 26.67 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 9 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 23.495 cm