A realistic color print of a violin and bow hanging on a green, wood door with sheet music tacked behind the violin.

The Old Violin

William M. Harnett (1848-1892)

Date

1887
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Chromolithograph
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Gustave Ilg

Printed by F. Tuchfarber Co.

Published by F. Tuchfarber Co.
Dimensions

34 7/8 x 23 15/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. in image: GUS. ILG. CIN.
l.r.: F. TUCHFARBER CO. PUBLISHERS CIN. O
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1972.170
Copyright

Public domain

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Location: Off view

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