Waifs
Datenot dated
Artist
Michael Angelo Woolf
American illustrator, 1837–1899, born in London
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified
MediumInk on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 × 21 1/8 in. (35.6 × 53.7 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1986
Object number1986-54
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.
