1860,Diploma,Philadelphia Society,Promoting Agriculture,award,annual exhibition

Title: [Diploma of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, awarded to [blank] at the annual exhibition held at Powelton, Philada. Sept. 1860] / Schmolze 1860 ; J. Queen.
Creator(s): Queen, James Fuller, 1820 or 21-1886, artist
Related Names:
Schmolze, Carl Heinrich, 1823-1861 , artist
P.S. Duval & Son , printer
Date Created/Published: [Philadelphia : P.S. Duval & Son. Lith.], 1860.
Summary: Print shows two young men leading an ox team pulling a wagon loaded with hay on which a woman and children are riding; also shows farm animals and two female figures possibly representing Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.
Notes:
Title from item.
Inscribed in lower center from Stephen Duval to James Queen: 'Dear Jim - This is the best proof I have taken - you had better keep it. Steve. DLC
Stamped in lower left: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. DLC
Purchase; Marian Carson; 1997; (DLC/PP-1997:105).
Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress.
Subjects:
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture.
Fraternal organizations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1860.
Farm life--1860.
Hay--1860.
Harvesting--1860.
Ox teams--1860.
Oxen--1860.
Demeter (Greek deity)
Certificates--1860.
Lithographs--American--1860.
Proofs before letters--1860.
Bookmark /2011645606/
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