Image of a farm with livestock, farmhouse, barn, and farm workers on a diploma issued by the New York State Agricultural Society; sheaves of wheat, livestock, and farm scenes including a man with plow and horses, a man harvesting grain, workers pulling a wagon full of hay, and a woman watering flowers form a border. "Engd. by Jordan & Halpin"--text, bottom right margin. "To Robert Wilson Burdett For Improved Iron Beam Plow At the Elmira meeting, 1855. B. P. Johnson, Secy. S. Cheever, Prest."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 33.97 x 42.86 cm (13 3/8 x 16 7/8 in.)
Agricultural laborers--Pictorial works Agriculture--Pictorial works Farmhouses--Pictorial works Farms--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works New York State Agricultural Society Women--Pictorial works Intaglio prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Certificates. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Agriculture Large Size Implements & Supplies The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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