"Well, well! I tried to keep things straight–I went to ev'ry meetin," from The Old Deacon's Lament (Harper's New Monthly Magazine, January 1877, p. 227)

Edwin Austin Abbey American

Author Related author Elizabeth Terhune Corbett American

1877

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Title: "Well, well! I tried to keep things straight–I went to ev'ry meetin," from The Old Deacon's Lament (Harper's New Monthly Magazine, January 1877, p. 227)
Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1852–1911 London)
Author: Related author Elizabeth Terhune Corbett (American, 1830–1899)
Date: 1877
Medium: Woodblock, cut for a wood engraving
Dimensions: block: 4 1/2 x 3 7/16 x 7/8 in. (11.4 x 8.7 x 2.2 cm)
Classification: Blocks
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.49.40
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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