About this image...

Image Title: Summer. No. 3. A Road Accident. A Glimpse Thro' An Opening Of The Primitive Forest, Thornville, Ohio, 1841

Creator: Bennett, W. J. (William James), 1787-1844, engraver

Date: 1841

Summary: Print shows a wagon loaded with hay, stopped due to a broken axel, on the roadway through the forest outside Thornville, Ohio, which is visible through an opening in the trees bordering the road. Two men have removed the hay to lighten the load on the wagon so they can repair the axel.

Notes: Publication statement taken from separately filed title page for "Harvey's scenes of the primitive forest of America, at the four periods of the year, spring, summer, autumn & winter, engraved from his original paintings, accompanied with descriptive letter-press."

Related Names: Harvey, George, approximately 1800-1878

Subjects: Accidents--Ohio--Thornville--1840-1850
Carts & wagons--Ohio--Thornville--1840-1850
Country life--Ohio--Thornville--1840-1850
Summer--1840-1850
Thornville (Ohio)--1840-1850
Trees--1840-1850

Places: Thornville Ohio

Collections: Popular Graphic Arts

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