The Goblin Story
Artwork Details
- Title: The Goblin Story
- Artist and publisher: Peltro William Tomkins (British, London 1759–1840 London)
- Artist: after William Hamilton (British, London 1751–1801 London)
- Author: illustration to James Thomson (British, Ednam, Scotland 1700–1748 Richmond-upon-Thames)
- Date: July 1, 1795
- Medium: Etching and stipple
- Dimensions: Plate: 12 1/8 × 11 7/8 in. (30.8 × 30.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 13 1/2 in. (34.8 × 34.3 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
- Object Number: 42.119.425
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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