Mr. Wray's Cash Box; or, The Mask and the Mystery

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Mr. Wray's Cash Box; or, The Mask and the Mystery, 1852. Etching on ivory chine collé, laid down on white wove paper.

Etching on ivory chine collé, laid down on white wove paper · Plate: 16.5 × 12.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Mr. Wray's Cash Box; or, The Mask and the Mystery
Artist: Sir John Everett Millais English, 1829-1896
Date: 1852
Medium: Etching on ivory chine collé, laid down on white wove paper
Dimensions: Plate: 16.5 × 12.6 cm (6 1/2 × 5 in.); Sheet: 29.7 × 21.7 cm (11 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1829–1896

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.