Image of a woman in flowing garments seated with arms around two children and gesturing next to a beehive and flowers illustrating a certificate of membership from the Essex Agricultural Society of Massachusetts; farm, fields, and barn buildings in background; two cherubs with farming implements outside a center circular frame. "This may certify, That Charles H. Hudson, of Newburyport in the County of Essex, is a member of the Essex Agricultural Society, incorporated June 12, 1818. Rich. S. Fay, President. Allen W. Dodge, Secretary. Sept. 1858."--handwritten mss and printed text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 31.27 x 27.46 cm (12 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Agriculture--Pictorial works Agricultural implements--Pictorial works Cherubs (Art)--Pictorial works Children--Pictorial works Essex Agricultural Society (Mass.) Farmhouses--Pictorial works Farms--Pictorial works 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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