Boy with a Stick
Elizabeth ForbesWW-1881-148267
1881·Etching and drypoint, printed in brown ink·Plate: 3 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (10 × 6.9 cm)
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (10.5 × 7.4 cm)
Gift of Donato Esposito, 2016
Catalogue
- Year
- 1881
- Dimensions
- Plate: 3 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (10 × 6.9 cm) Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (10.5 × 7.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Elizabeth Forbes
Artist
Elizabeth Forbes
Painting
Elizabeth Adela Forbes was a Canadian painter who was primarily active in the UK. She often featured children in her paintings and School Is Out is one of her most popular works. She was friends with the artists James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Walter Sickert, both of whom influenced her work. Her etchings in particular are said to show the influence of Whistler.
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- Elizabeth Forbes
- Year
- 1881
- Dimensions
- Plate: 3 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (10 × 6.9 cm) Sheet: 4 1/8 × 2 15/16 in. (10.5 × 7.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1881-148267
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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