The Listeners, from the book Engravings on Wood by Members of the Society of American Wood-Engravers
William Baxter Closson, American, 1848 - 1926
after William Morris Hunt, American, 1824 - 1879
1887
Wood engraving on tissue
1/112
Impression: 10 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (25.7 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 1/8 in. (46 × 38.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marshall French
PR.983.18.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: W. B. Closson. Impressed, in gold, lower right mat: Copyright, 1887,/ by W. B. Closson.
Publication History
William M. Laffin, Engravings on Wood by Members of the Society of American Wood-Engravers, New York, New York: Harper and Bros., 1887.
Provenance
Marshall French (1916-2004), Meredith, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1983.
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