Item 103959 - "Sugaring off" by Charles Henry Granger, ca. 1844
- Item 103959 - "Sugaring off" by Charles Henry Granger, ca. 1844
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- Item 103959
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Image Info Charles Henry Granger (1812-1893) was an itinerant artist from Saco who at various times was also a poet, linguist, composer, musician, music teacher, sculptor, and draftsman.
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Granger took advantage of the growing market for prints in Boston by publishing etchings. This one, Sugaring Off featured a group of colonists holding a sugaring off party in the woods where they celebrated and sampled the maple syrup produced that year.