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Driving a Bargain

John Adams Whipple, Alexander Hessler1854

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Portrait of a blacksmith and a young boy standing in front of an anvil on a log, as each hold one end of a horseshoe. The man holds the handle of a blacksmith's hammer, also called a cross pein hammer, which he rests on the anvil. A large mallet lies on the log next to the anvil, and a pair of tongs straddle the anvil's nose.

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  • Title: Driving a Bargain
  • Creator: Alexander Hesler, J.A. Whipple
  • Date Created: 1854
  • Location Created: New York, New York, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 19.8 × 14.8 cm (7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Salted paper print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XB.1207.1.8
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Alexander Hesler (American, born Canada, 1823 - 1895) J.A. Whipple (American, 1822 - 1891)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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