The Four Cows

1882

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching with drypoint; first (final) state (Harrington); second state of three (Schneiderman)
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23 × 28.8 cm) Plate: 5 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (13.8 × 21.5 cm)
Collection no.: 17.3.2056
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Four Cows — Francis Seymour Haden. 1882.

Medium: Etching with drypoint; first (final) state (Harrington); second state of three (Schneiderman). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 5/16 in. (23 × 28.8 cm) Plate: 5 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (13.8 × 21.5 cm).

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

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.

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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