The Music Master
Medium
Illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions
6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. (17.5 x 11.5 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.14
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About this artwork
This books by irish artist William Allingham exemplifies the artistic achievements of 1855. Drawing served as a vital practice for artists, functioning as both preparatory studies and finished works that reveal creative processes and technical skills. Executed in illustrations: wood engraving, this work demonstrates the sophisticated technical processes involved in printmaking. The medium required specialized knowledge of materials, tools, and procedures, including preparing plates or blocks, ap...
About the Artist
William Allingham|Routledge & Co.|Dante Gabriel Rossetti|Sir John Everett Millais|Dalziel Brothers (Irish|British|British|British, London) · 1824 |1824 |1826 |1724 –1889 |1883 |1905 |1968
Irish, Ballyshannon, Donegal 1824–1889 Hampstead, London|British, London 1824–1883 London|British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight|