American Field Sports. "On a Point."
1857
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
1973.122.13
Tags
Art Historical Context
**American Field Sports. " a Point."** Charles Parsons, 1857* *Graphic Arts-Print, Smithsonian American Art Museum* Step into the vibrant world of mid-19th-century American life with Charles Parsons' *American Field Sports. " a Point."* (1857), a captivating from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Parsons, a skilled illustrator and engraver known for his detailed depictions of everyday American scenes, captures a classic moment in field sports: a hunting dog frozen in the tense "point" stance, alerting to a nearby bird amid a pastoral farm landscape. As a graphic arts print—likely an en...
About the Artist
Charles Parsons (American|American) · 1857 |1821 –1907 |1910
American, active New York, 1857–1907|American (born England), Hampshire 1821–1910 New York