Noah's Ark by unknown lithographer
date: label: date made
content: 1830-1840
name: label: maker
content: D. W. Kellogg and Company
notes: label: Description
content: This image is identical to the same titled print at the Connecticut Historical Society by D. W. Kellogg though it could also possibly by an unsigned copy by Currier & Ives. Hand colored print of a animals filing two by two onto the ark. Animals include zebra, cows, horses, sheep, pigs, giraffes, dogs, and cats. Birds are flying above.
label: Description
content: Noah’s Ark, an Old Testament story, appealed to 19th-century children as part of their Bible study. The animals also appeared in the form of games and toys. Prints of religious scenes and other uplifting subjects were recommended as encouraging moral improvement, especially for the benefit of children. In the Bible (Genesis, Chapters 6-9), the ark is described as a massive wooden ship built at God’s command that saved pious Noah, his family, and representatives of every kind of animal from the global flood that God wrought to punish humanity for its misdeeds. After the waters receded, Noah’s family, with all the animals that were saved, eventually spread throughout the world. The story of Noah is repeated with variations in the Quran.
label: Description
content: This print is attributed to D. W. Kellogg & Co. While it is unsigned, this image is identical to the same titled print at the Connecticut Historical Society by D. W. Kellogg. Daniel Wright Kellogg (1807-1874) founded D. W. Kellogg and 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: Wild Animals
label: Subject
content: Livestock
label: Subject
content: Birds
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Religion
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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.60.2962
label: catalog number
content: 60.2962
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 8 in x 11 1/2 in; 20.32 cm x 29.21 cm