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Old lady: "Eh! Mister, but them ‘Amlets had a deal o' trouble in their family"

(English, born in 1873)
1910
Medium/TechniqueIndia ink on paper
DimensionsImage: 18.4 x 26.7 cm (7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 23.8 x 33.8 cm (9 3/8 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession number48.834
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsLR in ink: Chas. Pears./ 1910; below: Lady (turning to next neighbor during last Act of Shakesperian Tragedy): Eh! Mister, but them 'Amlets had a / deal o trouble in their family."
ProvenanceJohn Taylor Spaulding (1870-1948, Boston); bequest to MFA, June 3, 1948.
Cruet
Bakewell, Pears & Co.
mid 19th century
Pitcher
Bakewell, Pears & Co.
about 1830–50
Teapot
Pear & Bacall
1849–1876
Group shot: 1999.63.1-3
Pear & Bacall
1849–1876
Group shot: 1999.63.1-3
Pear & Bacall
1849–1876
Spoon
Pear & Bacall
about 1850
Charles Emile Heil
1890–1948
Charles Emile Heil
1890–1948
Charles Emile Heil
1890–1948
Charles Emile Heil
1890–1948
Charles Emile Heil
1890–1948
Charles Emile Heil
1890–1948