The Poor Man’s Christmas

Anonymous after John Andrew1855

Details

Title: The Poor Man’s Christmas
Creator: Anonymous after John Andrew
Date Created: 1855
Subject Keywords: American Studies, Christmas, genre, holidays, winter
Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in block, lower right: “JOHN ANDREW”; inscribed in block, lower left: “BARRY DEL.” [?]
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of Robert C. Lancefield (B.A. Wesleyan 1982, M.A. 1993, Ph.D. 2005), 1998
Materials & Techniques: Wood engraving with accompanying text on same sheet
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
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
Bibliography: See other 1855–56 wood engravings from Ballou’s, part of 1998.1.1–11
Associated People: Created by Anonymous, After John Andrew (American (probably), active before 1855)
Accession Number: 1998.1.7

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