Untitled (Portrait of a King) by D.W. Kellogg and Company
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: maker
content: D.W. Kellogg and Company
notes: label: Description
content: . This colored print depicts a bearded King David wearing a crown, sandals, and a red cape over a teal robe. He is seated outdoors on a throne and playing a harp, while resting one foot on a footstool. He looks up at the sky where dark clouds have just parted to reveal a burst of light. The harp has two winged portrait busts attached to the top of the harp and a small male angel figure seated on a piece of furniture, possible a piano or harpsichord.
label: Description
content: In the Hebrew Bible, the harp is considered an instrument for spiritual healing and has long been associated with the warrior David, even before he became King. According to the Book of Samuel (16:14–23), “When the evil spirit that was sent by God would come on King Saul, David would get his harp and play it. That would help Saul. He would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.”
label: Description
content: This print was produced by the lithographic firm of D. W. Kellogg and Company. Daniel Wright Kellogg (1807-1874) founded the company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1830. Even before its first retail store opened in 1834, the D.W. Kellogg & Co. lithography firm was well established and popular in United States, particularly in the South and the Southwest. As the founding member of the family company, Daniel Wright Kellogg was responsible for the initial growth and popularity of the firm. After he left the company, it continued to flourish for decades under his younger brothers and other family members.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Furnishings
label: Subject
content: Music
label: Subject
content: Bible
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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
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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.60.2969
label: catalog number
content: 60.2969
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 10 1/2 in x 8 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm