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1953

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2016

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Print, The Choice of Reuben and Gad, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVII, No. 5, March 1889, p. 687)

This is a Print. It was created by Mary A. Hallock Foote and engraved by J. H. E. Whitney. It is dated 1889 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is wood-engraving in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by E. Maurice Bloch. It is credited Gift of E. Maurice Bloch.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 12.6 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.) Sheet: 16.8 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in block, lower left: J H E WHITNEY Sc

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper right: March 1889

Cite this object as

Print, The Choice of Reuben and Gad, Illustration for The Century Magazine (XXXVII, No. 5, March 1889, p. 687); Mary A. Hallock Foote (American, 1847 – 1938); Engraved by J. H. E. Whitney; USA; wood-engraving in black ink on paper; Platemark: 12.6 × 17.5 cm (4 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.) Sheet: 16.8 × 23.8 cm (6 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Gift of E. Maurice Bloch; 1953-130-2-a

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