Pigs in Pigsty
ca. 1860
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Accession Number
1935-22-1
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Pigs in Pig** *Danforth Wright and Co., ca 1860* ographic print; Smithsonian American Museum Created around 0 by the New York lithography firm Danforth, and Co., *P in Pigsty* captures slice of everyday rural life mid-19th-century. This period marked a of rapid industrialization and agricultural before the Civil War, images of farm animals like—vital to homestead—resonated with and rural audiences alike. firm's expertise in commercial printing, often for banknotes illustrations, brought meticulous detail such scenes, making them functional and visually appealing. a lithograph, this ...