The Day in the Country

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The Day in the Country, 1865. Etching on ivory chine paper, laid down on white wove card.

Etching on ivory chine paper, laid down on white wove card · Image: 14 × 21 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: The Day in the Country
Artist: William Holman Hunt English, 1827-1910
Date: 1865
Medium: Etching on ivory chine paper, laid down on white wove card
Dimensions: Image: 14 × 21 cm (5 9/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate: 8.9 × 25.9 cm (3 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32 × 44.7 cm (12 5/8 × 17 5/8 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 1827–1910

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