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Life in Philadelphia, Plate 9
Engraved by: Charles Hunt (English, 1803–1877)
After: Edward Williams Clay (American, 1799–1857)
Published by: Harrison Isaacs
After: Edward Williams Clay (American, 1799–1857)
Published by: Harrison Isaacs
1830s
Medium/Technique
Etching with aquatint and hand coloring
Dimensions
Sight: 20.4 x 16.7 cm (8 1/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Meg and Brooks Robbins
Accession Number2012.961
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionCaption reads: "How you like the new fashion shirt, Miss Florida?" "I tink dey mighty eligum – I see you on new year day when you carry de colour on de Abolition 'siety––you look jist like Pluto de God of War!
Provenance1946, acquired by Oliver W. Robbins, Haverford, Pennsylvania; 1987, by gift or descent to Margaret H. and Brooks Robbins, Hingham, Massachusetts; 2012, gift of Margaret H. and Brooks Robbins to the MFA. (Accession Date November 28, 2012)