This is a drawing of a group of children playing and walking in an outdoor setting next to a village. The scene captures a group of children engaged in various activities outside. On the left side, some children are sitting and walking, while in the center and right side, others are playing a game that seems to involve a ball. The background features a village with distinct buildings, including one with a steeple and a clock tower. Trees frame the scene, with a canopy of leaves on the upper left and a line of tall, conical trees along a pathway on the right. The ground appears textured and…
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John Cheney (American, 1801 - 1885)

1821

Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
plate: 9.68 × 15.24 cm (3 13/16 × 6 in.) ; sheet: 13.18 × 20.32 cm (5 3/16 × 8 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams, 1958)
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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