The Old Print Shop

The Old Oaken Bucket.

  • ARTIST: Fanny Palmer

  • PUBLISHER: New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street.

  • MEDIUM: Two-color lithograph handcolored,

    DATE: 1864.

  • EDITION SIZE: Large folio - image size 16 x 23 5/16" (40.5 x 59 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Text on either side of title line: "How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood, ; When fond, recollection present them to view; : The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wild wood, ; And every loved spot which my infancy knew. ; The wide spreading pond, and the mill that stood by it, ; The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell, ; The cot of my father the dairy house nigh it, And e'en the rude bucket that hung in the well." - Woodworth.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition and color, save for mild toning. Wide margins.

  • REFERENCE: Conningham #4576.