ANTIQUE PRANG CHROMOLITHOGRAPH - THE BAREFOOT BOY

The piece is an 1860 painting by American artist Eastman Johnson (1824–1906), who was also a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was famously reproduced as a chromolithograph by Louis Prang (L. Prang & Co.) in Boston starting around 1867–1868. Print measures 14 x 10 inches and is mounted on 1/8th inch thick hard board (paper board). 

PRANG AMERICAN CHROMO - "The Barefoot Boy" print, a notable 19th-century American collectible. 

Artist: Originally painted by Eastman Johnson (1824–1906) in 1860. 

Publisher: Chromolithographed and published by Louis Prang & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1868. 

Subject: A young barefoot boy standing on a rock in a stream, illustrating John Greenleaf Whittier's popular poem of the same name. 

Significance: Louis Prang was a major publisher of chromolithographs, and these prints were highly popular in American homes during the late 19th century. 

Condition: This old print dates to late 1860's and is in nice overall condition. The image has darkened (dirty), which is likely from lantern or candle smoke/soot (pre-electricity homes). 

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