# Preparing for Christmas (Plucking Turkeys)

- By: Francis William Edmonds (American, Hudson, New York 1806–1863 Bronxville, New York)
- Date: 1851
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 23 × 33 in. (58.4 × 83.8 cm)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Screven Lorillard (Alice Whitney), from the collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 2016
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/20888)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/ad/web-large/DP-14639-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)