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Print, A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, December 24, 1859

This is a Print. It was after Winslow Homer and published by Harper's Weekly and Harper & Bros.. It is dated December 24, 1859 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: 35 x 51 cm (13 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed on block, lower left: W HOMER DEL

Cite this object as

Print, A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, December 24, 1859; Published by Harper's Weekly, Harper & Bros.; After Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; Image: 35 x 51 cm (13 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.); Gift of John Goldsmith Phillips, Jr.; 1947-4-54

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