Two men talking outside a shop
Datenot dated
Artist
Michael Angelo Woolf
American illustrator, 1837–1899, born in London
Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified. Inscription indicates that the drawing may have been done for Century.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 7 11/16 × 6 9/16 in. (19.5 × 16.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-539
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.
