An Irish Wake, Illustration for Harper's Weekly (XVII, March 15, 1873, p. 204)
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Object Details
- After
- Michael Angelo Woolf, American, 1837–1899
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros., New York, New York, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Scene of an Irish wake. On the left, a woman leans over the coffin which has a candle on it. Figures to the right of the coffin wail in grief. On the right, figures sit at at table smoking and drinking.
- March 15, 1873
- Accession Number
- 1961-68-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Wood engraving in black ink on paper
- made in
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1961-68-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fb38612a-76df-4755-9e4f-34722cd7b165
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