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Female Street Sweeper and Child, from "Practical Hints on Decorative Printing"

Engraver Robert Branston British
1822
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Female Street Sweeper and Child, from "Practical Hints on Decorative Printing"
  • Series/Portfolio: Practical Hints on Decorative Printing
  • Engraver: Robert Branston (British, Lynn, Norfolk 1778–1827 Brompton, London)
  • Artist: After William Marshall Craig (British, probably Manchester ca. 1765– ca. 1834)
  • Date: 1822
  • Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut printed from three blocks
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 3/4 in. (25.5 × 19.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.17.3-84
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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