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Print, A Bombardment That Would Paralyze Them

This is a Print. It was print maker: Frederick Burr Opper and published by Mayer, Merkel & Ottoman. It is dated ca. 1893 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is colored lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed on upper margin: "Puck"; lower margin: title; lower left: "Office of 'Puck' 23 Warren St., New York"; lower right "Mayer Merkel & Ottoman Lith. 23-25 Warren St. NY"; lower right "F. Opper."

Cite this object as

Print, A Bombardment That Would Paralyze Them; Print Maker: Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857–1937); Published by Mayer, Merkel & Ottoman; USA; colored lithograph on paper; 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-111

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