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Print made by Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872, British, Why... Because.., undated
- Title:
Why... Because...
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 13/16 x 13 inches (45.3 x 33 cm), Image: 14 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches (37 x 23.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, upper center: "WHY"; center: thirty-one images with captions; lower center: "BECAUSE",lower center: key with additional captions for above pictures; lower left inside image: "Alfred Crowquill fecit."; lower right inside image: "Printed by Standidge & Co. Old Jewry"; lower center under image: "LONDON. J. HARWOOD."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.15048
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- anvils | bells | birds | candles | crowns | dice | ducks | genre subject | guns | hammers | illustrations | insects | keys | men | satire | snakes | sphinx | staffs | sword | tools | watering can
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45285
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