Latest from the Front—Our Friends the Mosquitoes Preparing and Off for the Summer Campaign, Illustration for Harper's Weekly (XVII, No. 860, June 21, 1873, p. 532)

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Left, group of mosquitoes playing instruments. Right, mosquitos sharpening their proboscis. Mosquitoes seen flying in the background.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Illustrator
Frederick Stuart Church, American, 1842–1924
Collector
Dr. Dudley Tenney, New York City
Publisher
Harper & Bros., New York, New York, USA
Date
June 21, 1873
Credit Line
Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
Medium
Etching in black ink
Dimensions
30.2 × 23.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Type
animals
Object Name
Ephemera
Type
Ephemera
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