This print depicts a winter farm scene. On the left is a large gray barn, its roof covered in snow and some small black birds. The large doors of the barn are open to reveal piles of yellow hay and a horse in a stall, with two men in dark jackets and hats standing on either side of the stall. In front of the barn's doors, cows, ducks, and chickens stand in a snowy yard bordered by a wooden fence, another pile of hay on the left. On the right are more snow-covered buildings, leafless trees, and distant gray hills under a pale gray sky with white clouds. Below the print are two lines of text.

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The Farm-Yard in Winter

artist after George Henry Durrie (American, 1820 - 1863)

printer Currier and Ives (1857 - 1907)

1861

Medium: hand-colored lithograph, with touches of gum arabic, on wove paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: image: 41.1 x 59.8 cm (16 3/16 x 23 9/16 in.) ; sheet: 58.2 x 77.5 cm (22 15/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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