When Poverty Comes in at the Door, Love Flies Out the Window
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Catalogue
- Year
- 1890
- Medium
- Pen and ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Charles Dana Gibson
Artist

Painting
Charles Dana Gibson was an American illustrator who created the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent American woman at the turn of the 20th century.
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Record
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- Charles Dana Gibson
- Year
- 1890
- Medium
- Pen and ink
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1890-531924
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





