Our Country's Cradle; At Mrs. Washington's Reception

Date1884

Artist Howard Pyle (American illustrator, 1853–1911)

Illustration Citation"Our Country's Cradle," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1884

MediumInk on illustration board

Dimensionscomposition: 13 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (33.7 × 23.5 cm)
sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (34.9 × 24.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1912

Object number1912-5

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ClassificationsDRAWING

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