Summer Amusement: An Elevated Subject

Imitator of (?) William Heath ('Paul Pry') British

Publisher S. Gans British

1830

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Title: Summer Amusement: An Elevated Subject
Artist: Imitator of (?) William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
Publisher: S. Gans (British, active 1829–31)
Date: 1830
Medium: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions: Plate: 14 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (36.3 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 13/16 in. (38 × 27.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Paul Bird Jr., 1962
Object Number: 62.696.34
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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