Family at tea on the lawn, having their portrait painted: reproduction of a watercolor published as a New Yorker cover, July 31, 1948

Mary Petty American

Printer The American Folio Company, Westport, Connecticut American

Publisher Originally published by The New Yorker American

ca. 1950

Not on view

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Title: Family at tea on the lawn, having their portrait painted: reproduction of a watercolor published as a New Yorker cover, July 31, 1948
Artist: Mary Petty (American, 1899–1976)
Printer: The American Folio Company, Westport, Connecticut
Publisher: Originally published by The New Yorker , July 31, 1948
Date: ca. 1950
Medium: Collotype
Dimensions: Image: 16 7/16 × 11 5/16 in. (41.8 × 28.8 cm)
Sheet: 18 in. × 14 1/16 in. (45.7 × 35.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Addams, 1952
Object Number: 52.624.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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