When Poverty Comes in at the Door, Love Flies Out the Window

1890–1910

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
Collection no.: 63.614.4
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

When Poverty Comes in at the Door, Love Flies Out the Window — Charles Dana Gibson. 1890–1910.

Medium: Pen and ink. Dimensions: Sheet: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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