MFA VTS: Children through time Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Lesson 1

Calm Morning 1904 Frank Weston Benson, American Oil on Canvas 44 3/8 x 36 1/8 in. Accession number: 1985.925

At the Vermont State Fair, Rutland negative 1941, printed later Jack Delano, American 9 x 13 in. Photoraphy, dye transfer print Accession number: 2002.392

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Don Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf 1632 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660) Dimensions 128.0 x 101.9 cm (50 3/8 x 40 1/8 in.) Accession Number 01.104 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

Lesson 2

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit 1882 John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) Dimensions 221.93 x 222.57 cm (87 3/8 x 87 5/8 in.) Accession Number 19.124 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Children with Cat and Mouse 猫と鼠を抱く兄弟と女 Japanese Edo period about 1768–69 (Meiwa 5–6) Artist Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770) Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #378; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #572, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 345 Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28 x 20.4 cm (11 x 8 1/16 in.) Accession Number 11.19493 Medium or Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? The Boys 1990 Tina Barney (American, born in 1945) Dimensions 121.9 x 152.4 cm (48 x 60 in.) Accession Number 1993.186 Medium or Technique Photograph, chromogenic print (Ektacolor)

Lesson 3

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Museum Epiphany III Warren Prosperi (American, born in 1949), By collaborator Lucia Prosperi (American, born in 1951) Dimensions Framed: 62 x 45 inches (157.5 x 114.3 cm) Canvas size: 52 x 35 inches (132.1 x 88.9 cm) Accession Number 2012.131 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Boy on horseback English about 1753-1755 Probably by Vauxhall Manufactory (English (London)), Formerly attributed to Longton Hall Manufactory (England) Object Place: Europe, England Dimensions 15.24 x 19.05 cm (6 x 7 1/2 in.) Accession Number 1988.953 Medium or Technique Soft-paste porcelain

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Nobleman with Two Children in a Landscape Unidentified artist, Flemish, 16th–17th century (Flemish) Dimensions 93.4 x 84.5 cm (36 3/4 x 33 1/4 in.) Accession Number 65.1320 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

Lesson 4

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? At the Doorway, Four Children 1864? Artist Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (American, 1809–1894) Dimensions Image/Sheet: 13.2 x 10.4 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in.) Mount: 25.2 x 19.8 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.) Accession Number 67.909 Medium or Technique Photograph, albumen print

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Chinese Children Playing in Snow 唐子の雪遊び Japanese Edo period Artist Utagawa Kunitora (Japanese, active early 19th century), Publisher Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese) Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.6 x 37.1 cm (9 11/16 x 14 5/8 in.) Accession Number 11.25856 Medium or Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? The Lincoln Children 1845 Susan Catherine Moore Waters (American, 1823–1900) Dimensions 114.93 x 127.63 cm (45 1/4 x 50 1/4 in.) Accession Number 1981.438 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

Lesson 5

Girls Playing on a Wooden Board from the series Korean Culture, No. 101 Japanese, Taishô-early Shôwa era Artist Unknown, Japanese Publisher: Hinode shoko, Keijo Place of Creation: japan Color lithograph; inc on card stock 5 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. Accession number: 2202.8124

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Untitled (Children playing with their father) 1959 Imogen Cunningham, American, 1883–1976 Dimensions Image/Sheet: 19.2 x 18.7 cm (7 9/16 x 7 3/8 in.) Mount: 36.8 x 29.2 cm (14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.) Accession Number 1993.1012 Medium or Technique Photograph, gelatin silver print

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Three Children 1840 John F. Francis (American, 1808–1886) Dimensions 106.68 x 106.68 cm (42 x 42 in.) Accession Number 47.1142 Medium or Technique Oil on canvas

Lesson 6

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Children at Play: Kite-flying Contest (Kodomo asobi tako-age kurabe) 「子供遊凧あげくらべ」 Japanese Edo period 1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 10th month Artist Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887), Publisher Enshûya Hikobei (Japanese), Blockcutter Matsushima Masakichi (Hori Masa) (Japanese) Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych Accession Number 11.39743a-c Medium or Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? The Son 1987 Tina Barney (American, born in 1945) Dimensions 48 x 60 inches Accession Number 2006.1261 Medium or Technique C-print On View Jeanne and Stokley Towles Gallery (Gallery 261)

What is going on in this image? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find? Girl Skipping Rope 1943 Ben Shahn (American (born in Lithuania), 1898–1969) Dimensions 40.32 x 60.64 cm (15 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.) Accession Number 1971.702 Medium or Technique Tempera on board