The Elements of Skating: Making the Most of a Passing Friend

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Gillray

Title

The Elements of Skating: Making the Most of a Passing Friend

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1805

Medium

Hand-colored etching, slightly aquatinted on paper

Dimensions

Image: 25 × 35.4 cm (9 7/8 × 13 15/16 in.); Plate: 25.6 × 36 cm (10 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.); Sheet: 29.6 × 40.4 cm (11 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

1928.1297

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