AT-00022950
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Caricatures of a Fish and a Bird Peddler in Ornamental Frames
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Johann Esaias Nilson (German, Augsburg 1721–1788 Augsburg)
- Date
- 1735–88
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink with gray and reddish wash
- Dimensions
- Both sheets: 7 5/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.6 x 14.8 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
- Accession no.
- 49.56.1-2
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00022950
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