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A Giant Monkey in Uniform Holding up Pierrot and a Man with a Whip

after 1825
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: A Giant Monkey in Uniform Holding up Pierrot and a Man with a Whip
  • Artist: Anonymous, French, Austrian or German, second decade19th century ?
  • Date: after 1825
  • Medium: Lithograph touched with pen and brown ink and graphite
  • Dimensions: sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 in. (55.5 x 43.2 cm)
    image: 19 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (49.2 x 40 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.1064.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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