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“What wanton tricks sly Cupid plays”

Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves

“What wanton tricks sly Cupid plays”

1826-1827

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“What wanton tricks sly Cupid plays”

1826-1827

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 375 × 259 mm. (14 3/4 × 10 3/16 in.) Plate: 205 × 164 mm. (8 1/16 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.10415
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: in image, lower left, in plate "TLandseer"; below image, lower center, in plate "What wanton tricks sly Cupis plays [...]";

Markings: none

Artist

Thomas Landseer

1794–1879

English, 1795-1880
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Publisher

Moon, Boys & Graves

1826–1835

operated 1827 - 1836
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