Priscilla Spinning

A. W. Elson & Co. (American, about 1874–1925)
After: Frank T. Merrill (American, 1848 – 1936)

American

1888-1892

Medium/Technique Photogravure Gilbo

Dimensions Sheet: 30.3 × 23.2 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of A. W. Elson & Co.

Accession NumberM8815

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPublished in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888).

InscriptionsLower right, in image: F. T. Merrill / '88
Lower center, in graphite: From a wash drawing.
Verso, in graphite: Elson

Provenance1892, gift of A. W. Elson & Co., Boston, to the MFA. (Acquisition Date: August 12, 1892)