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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Cecilia or the Story of a Rich Orphan1787

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Engraving on cream paper showing a group of kneeling women and children gathered around a canopied deathbed, with French and German captions below

Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Cecilia or the Story of a Rich Orphan, 1787, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Vergil Whirlow, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Title
Cecilia or the Story of a Rich Orphan
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1787
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet: 5 3/16 x 16 7/8 in. (13.18 x 42.86 cm); image: 3 1/2 x 2 in. (8.89 x 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Vergil Whirlow
Accession Number
55.103.124
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings