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The Old Oaken Bucket
Printed by: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie (American, active 1830s and 40s)
After: Frederick Styles Agate (American, 1807–1844)
After: Frederick Styles Agate (American, 1807–1844)
probably 1842
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving on steel
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession NumberK1728
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionThe image is an illustration to Samuel Woodworth's poem of the same name. A slight variant of this plate, with different title lettering was published with the Boston Miscellany of Literature and Fashion, volume 1, number 5 (Boston: Bradbury, Soden, and Co., May 1842): page 217.
InscriptionsIn plate, at lower left: Frederick S. Agate
In plate, at lower right: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie.
In plate, at lower center: "The Old Oaken Bucket." / [effaced] Page 1 ..
In plate, at lower right: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie.
In plate, at lower center: "The Old Oaken Bucket." / [effaced] Page 1 ..