The Banjo Lesson

Mary Cassatt, The Banjo Lesson, ca. 1893, drypoint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Robert Tyler Davis Memorial Fund, 1981.100
Mary Cassatt, The Banjo Lesson, ca. 1893, drypoint on paper, plate: 11 3⁄4 x 9 3⁄8 in. (29.9 x 23.7 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Robert Tyler Davis Memorial Fund, 1981.100
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Artwork Details

Title
The Banjo Lesson
Artist
Date
ca. 1893
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
plate: 11 3⁄4 x 9 3⁄8 in. (29.9 x 23.7 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Robert Tyler Davis Memorial Fund
Mediums Description
drypoint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Occupation — education — student
  • Object — musical instrument — banjo
  • Figure group — female
Object Number
1981.100
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1981.100

Works by this artist (7 items)

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Mary Cassatt, The Caress, 1902, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1911.2.1
The Caress
Artist
Date1902
oil on canvas
On view
Image Not Available
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chromolithographic reproduction
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Mary Cassatt, Woman Bathing (poster), poster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1969.65.26A
Woman Bathing (poster)
Artist
poster
Not on view
Henry Wolf, Mary Cassatt, Mother and Child, 1905, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.220
Mother and Child
Artist
Date1905
photomechanical wood engraving on paper
Not on view

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