The Listeners

Engraverengraved by William Baxter Palmer Closson (American, 1848–1926)

Artistafter William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879)

Dateabout 1887

Mediumwood engraving on China paper

Dimensionsplate: 25.8 × 20.9 cm (10 3/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 45.9 × 38.6 cm (18 1/16 × 15 3/16 in.)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Dr. Helen A. Goodspeed

Object number1911.33.3

DescriptionFrom William M. Laffan, Engravings on Wood (New York, Harper and Brothers, 1887). After original painting, dated 1859, by WIlliam Morris Hunt. Painting was exhibited at NAD, 1865; MFA, 1879; MFA, 1924.
ProvenanceDr. Helen A. Goodspeed, Worcester, MA

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