The Dust Barrel Nuisance, from "The Graphic," vol. 1
March 26, 1870
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Image: 4 3/16 × 4 1/8 in. (10.7 × 10.5 cm) Sheet: 6 1/8 × 5 3/8 in. (15.5 × 13.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
Accession Number
28.111.8(14)
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Arthur Boyd Houghton · 1836–1875
**Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836–1875)** was a British painter and illustrator renowned for his contributions to the golden age of wood-engraved book illustration. Born on 13 March 1836 in Kotagiri, Madras, India, he was the fourth son of Captain John Michael Houghton, a draughtsman in the East India Company’s Marine. As a child, an accident with a toy cannon left him blind in one eye, which later lim...