Without a Cloud

After Sophie Anderson British, born France

after 1870

Not on view

A young Italian girl with loose hair dances out of doors and holds a strand of ivy. Anderson could have painted this subject at Capri, where she and her husband lived from 1871–94. The print was made by the London based mezzotint engraver Chant.

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Title: Without a Cloud
Artist: After Sophie Anderson (British (born France), Paris 1823–1903 Falmouth)
Engraver: James John Chant (British, London 1819–ca. 1883)
Date: after 1870
Medium: Mixed method engraving
Dimensions: Image: 9 13/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25 × 20.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 11 11/16 in. (43 × 29.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Ellen Robinson, 1960
Object Number: 60.683.72
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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