In the Omnibus
Maker and role
Artist: Mary Cassatt, American, 1844-1926
Year
ca. 1891
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Drypoint and aquatint
Measurements
plate, 14 1/2 x 10 1/2in (36.8 x 26.7cm)
Credit line
Gift of Margaret Batts Tobin
Accession number
1978.22
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
In the Omnibus, a masterful print from Cassatt's 1890-91 suite, shows an increasingly modern Paris. Women ride without the company of a man on an omnibus, an early form of horse-drawn public transportation.
Documentation
Mary Cassatt: The Color Prints; Nancy Mathews, Barbara Stern Shapiro; 1989; 7, state VII/VII
Signature & date
Signed l.r.: Mary Cassatt
Inscribed l.r.: Imprime par l'artiste et M. Leroy (25 epreuves)
Inscribed l.r.: Imprime par l'artiste et M. Leroy (25 epreuves)
Subject period
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