A Composition on the Pigs of the City

Dedicatee Recipient Mr. Hubbs American

February 28, 1843

Not on view

This essay on the pigs that still roamed lower Manhattan in 1843, eating garbage, was written by a student at New York's Commercial and Collegiate School for a Mr. Hubbs (probably Isaac G. Hubbs, 1790-1855 a teacher at that institution).

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Title: A Composition on the Pigs of the City
Author: Gilbert W. Hopkins (American, 19th century)
Dedicatee: Recipient Mr. Hubbs (American, 19th century)
Published in: New York
Date: February 28, 1843
Medium: Pen and ink
Dimensions: 9 1/16 × 8 1/16 in. (23 × 20.5 cm)
Classification: Documents
Credit Line: The Edward W. C. Arnold Collection of New York Prints, Maps and Pictures, Bequest of Edward W. C. Arnold, 1954
Object Number: 54.90.1628
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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