[1870. 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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A PICTURE FOR THE HOME CIRCLE. 
By MRS. LILLY M. SPENCER. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in 1869, by Orange Judd & Co., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York 
The Publishers of the American Agriculturist have purchased of the artist this beautiful painting, and now issue it as a Chromo, believing that it will be gladly secured by 
thousands as an ornament and source of pleasure in their homes. Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer has already won an honorable name in art. Though of a poetic imagination, and the 
author of many paintings 
which comprise classical 
and allegorical subjects, 
Ehe is best known for her 
pictures of domestic life. 
Her works of this class 
have been reproduced in 
colored lithographs and 
other forms, and through 
these her name has be¬ 
come a familiar one 
throughout the country. 
Finding that pictures of 
a domestic character with 
something of the humor¬ 
ous in them were more 
popular than those to 
which her natural tastes 
inclined her, Mrs. S. for 
some years painted such 
subjects almost exclusive¬ 
ly. Her “ Shake Hands,” 
“ Jolly Washerwoman,” 
“ The Gossips,” arul 
others, arc known to all 
lovers of pictures. They 
arc full of life and mean¬ 
ing, and at the same tima 
finished with an accuracy 
and detail that few artists 
attempt. Among her lat¬ 
est productions are “ War 
Times at Home,” “The 
Home of the Red, White 
and Blue,” “ The Starry 
Flag,” etc. 
1 his Chromo is done in the best style, by Hermann Bencke, whose work equals anything of the kind done in this country. The scene is full of happy life and cannot fail to 
delight both old and young. The above wood engraving is a miniature representation of it. The picture would prove an ornament in any home, and be a most beautiful and 
acceptable present to make to a friend. It is 13x18 inches in size, and, mounted on linen, will be sent by mail, in a tube, with all materials and directions for stretching. 
PRICE, POST-PAID, $6.00. 
If pieferred, the picture will be sent by express, mounted on artists’board, all ready for framing, on receipt of the price, $6.00, the purchaser to pay express charges. If 
ordered in a frame, it will be sent by express, carefully boxed, on receipt of prices, as follows: 
In 
a neat Black-walnut Frame, gilt band 
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$ 9.00. 
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a a 
“ wider gilt band 
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10.00. 
carved edged 
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11.00. 
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beautiful gilt 
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15.00. 
If taken with a frame at the store, 345 Broadway, the charge for boxing, which is 75 cents, will be deducted from these prices. In all cases where sent by express, th® 
purchaser will pay express charges. 
A LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. 
COMPANY,, IVeiv ^Tor'll* 
