O' Swift We Go, a Sleighing Song by Benjamin Champney

O' Swift We Go, a Sleighing Song 1840

drawing, lithograph, print, paper

drawing

aged paper

toned paper

antique

lithograph

parchment

print

paper

tea stained

personal sketchbook

united-states

watercolour illustration

golden font

watercolor

historical font

This 1840 lithograph by Benjamin Champney titled "O' Swift We Go, a Sleighing Song" depicts a winter scene of a sleighing party. The composition features two men, one driving and the other standing on the sleigh, with the horses racing through a snowy landscape. The work was created as a musical cover for the sheet music "O' Swift We Go," written by J.T. Fields and S. Parkman Tuckerman, and composed by Joseph Philip Knight. This lithograph is part of the collection at The Art Institute of Chicago.