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Susses Nichtsthun [Sweet Idleness], from the "Illustrated London News"

Engraver Mason Jackson British
After Ernst Hildebrandt German
1848
Not on view

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  • Title: Susses Nichtsthun [Sweet Idleness], from the "Illustrated London News"
  • Engraver: Mason Jackson (British, Ovingham, Northumberland 1819–1903 London)
  • Artist: After Ernst Hildebrandt (German, Falkenberg, Heideblick 1833–1924 Berlin)
  • Date: 1848
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 11/16 in. (17 × 22 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Bella C. Landauer, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.28.827
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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