Furrier / Pipe Smoker
ca. 1857
Medium
Wood engraving, working proof
Dimensions
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 8 5/16 in. (8.9 × 21.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. H. Granbery, 1944
Accession Number
44.90.2a, b
Art Historical Context
Virginia Granbery's *Furrier / Pipe Sm* (ca. 1857) is a charming wood engraving working proof that captures everyday life in mid-19-century America. Created as a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of by J. H. Granbery in 1944, this intimate print measures just 3½ × 8⅜ inches, highlighting the precision required in such small-scale works. Granbery, a lesser-known female artist active during a time when women in printmaking were rare, drew from urban scenes, evoking the tradespeople and leisurely moments of the era. Wood engraving, the medium here, involved carving fine lines into the end-grain of...
About the Artist
Virginia Granbery · 1831–1921
American, Norfolk, Virginia 1831–1921