Maison Francaise
Date1899
Artist
Michael Angelo Woolf
(American illustrator, 1837–1899, born in London)
Illustration CitationLife, June 1, 1899
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 13 3/8 × 21 5/16 in. (34 × 54.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-140
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextBorn in London, Michael Angelo Woolf came to the United States as child. He studied art in Paris and Munich. His specialty as an illustrator was American urban poor children, who garnered the popular nickname Woolf's Waifs. Many of his drawings appeared in Life.
