Incomplete vertical unit of design with figured scenes. Woman in swing hung between two trees, accompanied by man and woman; woman on donkey, accompanied by goat and dog, pointing to ruined building in marsh. Smaller vignettes of hunters and dogs. Printed in white, dark red and brown on neutral brown ground.
Credit: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple
c. 1820
Block-printed on handmade paper
1938-62-48
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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