The Shoeblack

Artist Frederick Smallfield (British, 1829 - 1915)

Date1861-62

MediumEtching

DimensionsSheet: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (22.5 x 14.3 cm) Image: 3 7/16 x 2 3/8 in. (8.7 x 6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Michael and Hillary Hanson

CultureBritish

PortfolioPassages from Modern English Poets

Object numberPC2017.01.161

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionHalf length, three-quarter portrayal of a "shoe black" illustrating John Gay's poem, "The Shoeblack," for the 1862 publication "Passages from Modern English Poets." Printed on same sheet as "Winter Revels" by the same artist (PC2017.01.162).

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