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The Brid-Bride

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Profile of figure in rags, sitting by rock ledge. Upper body thrown over rock ledge, head buried beneath extended arms, hands grasped in prayer. Spear by his side. Sea in the distance.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Date
ca. 1889
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Etching in black ink on paper
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Type
figures
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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