Husking
Name/Title
HuskingEntry/Object ID
2007.023Description
Hand colored lithograph entitled Husking. Image depicts barn interior with one woman and two people in background husking corn. Chicken perches in hay loft. In the center, a young farmer bears a basket of husked corn on his shoulders. On the left, an older man braids corn while young girl at his knee looks on. On the right, a young couple sit gazing at each other. The young man is dressed for hunting, wears a powder horn, and has brace of birds at feet. Outside the barn door, on right is a rifle. Above the rifle is the inscription "Union Forever." This print is after a work, "Corn Husking 1860" originally by Eastman Johnson, in which the inscription on the barn door was Lincoln-Hamlin, the presidential ticket for 1860. This image is considered one of the best 50 Currier and Ives images.Artwork Details
Medium
LithographCollection
John L. Wehle CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Johnson, Eastman
Charles Severn
Date made
1861Notes
Hand Colored LithographEthnography
Culture/Tribe
American