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The Wheelbarrow Polka (Sheet music cover)

After Winslow Homer American
Lithographer J. H. Bufford & Co. American
Publisher Oliver Ditson & Co. American
1856
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Wheelbarrow Polka (Sheet music cover)
  • Artist: After Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine)
  • Lithographer: J. H. Bufford & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Publisher: Oliver Ditson & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1856
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 7 1/4 in. × 6 in. (18.4 × 15.2 cm)
    Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (32.1 x 25 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
  • Object Number: 36.85.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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