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Comical Metamorphoses for Young Ladies

about 1850
Medium/TechniqueHand-colored lithographs on card stock with letterpress; softwood box with sliding top and hand-colored lithographic label
DimensionsOverall: 20.3 × 12.1 × 3.2 cm (8 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/4 in.)
Credit LineThe Richard Balzer Collection—Gift of Patricia Bellinger Balzer
Accession number2019.882.1-37
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBetween about 1970 and 2017, acquired by Richard Balzer (b. 1944 - d. 2017), Brookline, MA; by inheritance to Patricia Bellinger; 2019, gift of Patricia Bellinger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
mid to late 19th century
Mesier Lithographic Firm, U. S. 19th century
Baker's National Theatre, Cincinnati
Unidentified artist, American, mid-19th century
mid-19th century
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Takei Takeo
January 1, 1956
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century
M. M. Martin...
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century
Unidentified artist, French, 19th century