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The Poor Man’s Christmas,

Wood engraving with accompanying text on same sheet

Print impression quality: Good

Dimensions (Image): 173 x 234 mm (6.8 x 9.2 in.)

Dimensions (Sheet): 399 x 294 mm (15.7 x 11.6 in.)

Inscribed in block, lower right: “JOHN ANDREW”; inscribed in block, lower left: “BARRY DEL.” [?]

Edition: Published in Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion (Boston), 9 (25) (whole no. 233) (22 December 1855), p. 392; published as facing page to DAC 1998.1.8

Accession number: 1998.1.7

Gift of Robert C. Lancefield (BA Wesleyan 1982, MA 1993, PhD 2005; DAC Registrar of Collections 1994–2019, Manager of Museum Information Services 1999–2019), 1998

Work Type: print

Related Works: Companion to “The Rich Man’s Christmas” (DAC 1998.1.8); see other 1855–1856 wood engravings from Ballou’s, part of 1998.1.1–1998.1.11.

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