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| Title | Framed print of barnyard scene |
| Coverage / Year | 1845 to 1860;
Antebellum Springfield, IL |
| Description | Interior scene of a barn with animals (horses, pigs, goat, rabbits, ducks, cat, rooster, pigeons, goose) and man and woman. Horses stand to right of scene. Black horse is covered with a blanket that a cat is laying on. Center of picture shows the middle beams with harnesses hanging from it and the farmer's wife holding a rabbit in her apron. Farmer is in left scene reaching into a backet of straw. Frame is modern red mahogany. L 44" x W 33 1/2". |
| Interpretation | Used as interior decor for the sitting ooom of the Abraham Lincoln Home. A drawing from an 1861 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicts a framed print of a horse in the same location in the Lincoln Home Sitting Room. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | American Communities in History; Antebellum Society and the Civil War; How we learn about communities |
| Learning Standards | 16 History; 25-27 Fine Arts |
| Author or Creator | Herring, J.F. |
| Source | Transferred from the State of Illinois to the National Park Service, 1972. |
| Subject / Keywords | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Print; Art; Decor; Decoration; Interior; Barn; Farm; Animals; Prints |
| Collection Publisher | Lincoln Home National Historic Site
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | LIHO 282 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 17130201662003_282.jpg |
