"Allow Me to Examine the Young Lady" (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")

February 18, 1860

Not on view

Illustration to a novel by Ella Rodman Church (b. 1831) "The Mistress of the Parsonage" serialized in "Harper's Weekly" in 1860.

Artwork Details

Title: "Allow Me to Examine the Young Lady" (from "The Mistress of the Parsonage," in "Harper's Weekly")
Artist: After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
Publisher: Harper's Weekly (American, 1857–1916)
Publisher: Harper & Brothers (American, New York)
Date: February 18, 1860
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: image: 4 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (11.1 x 11.4 cm)
sheet: 16 x 11 1/4 in. (40.6 x 28.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Object Number: 28.111.1(15)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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