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Dismal Dandies, or General Mourning & Crape

A work made of etching and engraving in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of etching and engraving in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper.

Date:

c. 1819

Artist:

Charles Williams (English, active 1797-1830)
published by Thomas Tegg (English, 1776-1845)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles Williams

Title

Dismal Dandies, or General Mourning & Crape

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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1815–1820

Medium

Etching and engraving in black, with hand-colored additions, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

36 × 25 cm (14 3/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1236

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