The World's Fair in Water Colors: Scenes In The Irish Village

The World's Fair in Water Colors: Scenes In The Irish Village

W. D. Larmore

distributor

Fritz Bros.

manufacturer

1893

Four lithographs featured in this print. Beginning top left is a man using a hand-loom for weaving. He sits behind the loom housed in a wooden frame. Objects hang from this frame, Man has white shirt, red vest, black tie, black wide brim hat covers his head. In front of the loom is a metal wheel on a platform. On the right in the middle is the Celtic Cross, it stands in front of the Muckross Abbey ruins. Cottages house different products including embroidery, spinning, knitting a model dairy with maids making butter. Lower left scene might be the cloisters, a stone building with many arches built upon the small cement/brick wall. People can be seen walking, talking, sitting in each arch. A large tree stands in the court yard with a man and woman watching the scenes. He wears a dark bsit, bowler hat, she in white dress, red umbrella, hat on head. Last lithograph bottom right is a lady spinning, wearing a white dress, bottom has red ribbon trim, gathered puff sleeves, red long sleeves under, she has a dark blue apron, black hair us unadorned. The chair in front of her holds the yarn for spinning, while the bench on her right might hold the spun yarn. Fireplace on the right, picture on wall, plant in window.*Hand written top right lithograph in black: "CGraham" *Printed under lithograph in black: "Scenes in The Irish Village"

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Lithograph

Text

Chicago World Fair

Loom

Cottages

Cross

Celtic

Structure

Arches

People

Spinning

Picture

Place

Fire

Lady

Plant

Potted

Souvenir

Art

Household Accessory

Documentary Artifact

Visual Communication T&E