Vignette iIlustrating the poem "On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, out of Norfolk, the Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham"

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Vignette iIlustrating the poem "On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, out of Norfolk, the Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham"

c. 1845

Artist/maker unknown, American After a drawing by John Gilbert (British, 1817–1897)

Currently not on view

Object Details

Titles:

Vignette iIlustrating the poem "On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, out of Norfolk, the Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham"
Plate from The Task, and Other Poems by William Cowper, with numerous Illustrations, engraved by Cheney, Cushman, etc. from drawings by John Gilbert (Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845)

Date:

c. 1845

Artists:

Artist/maker unknown, American After a drawing by John Gilbert (British, 1817–1897)

Medium:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

Sheet: 5 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (13.6 x 11.5 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-3585

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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