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1947

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Print, Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony – "How Many Eggs?"

This is a Print. It was after Winslow Homer and engraved by Edward Lagarde and published by Harper's Weekly and Harper & Bros.. It is dated June 13, 1874 and we acquired it in 1947. Its medium is wood engraving in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Goldsmith Phillips Jr.. It is credited Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr..

Its dimensions are

Image: 34.5 x 23.1 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed on block with initials, lower right: W.H; signed on block, on branch, lower left: Lagarde

Cite this object as

Print, Raid on a Sand-Swallow Colony – "How Many Eggs?"; Engraved by Edward Lagarde; After Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); Published by Harper's Weekly, Harper & Bros.; USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; Image: 34.5 x 23.1 cm (13 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.); Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.; 1947-4-31

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