In Mischief
Walter Shirlaw
1870 (?)
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
21 x 13 1/2 in. (55.3 x 34.3 cm)
Classification
Painting
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Katherine S. Dreier, 1952
Accession Number
53.45.7
Tags
WomenCats
About the Artist
Walter Shirlaw · 1838–1909
Walter Shirlaw (1838–1909) was a Scottish-born American painter and illustrator whose career bridged the genteel tradition of academic figure painting and the emerging ambitions of American art in the Gilded Age. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Shirlaw emigrated to the United States as a child and received his early artistic training in America before traveling to Munich to study at the Royal Academy —...