Bank Note Element: A Woman in Classical Robes Embracing a Large Broken Stone Letter "I", with a Distant Sailing Ship to the Left and a Factory to the Right

1825–72

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: plate: 2 7/16 x 3 13/16 in. (6.2 x 9.7 cm) sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (22.6 x 31.5 cm)
Collection no.: 58.646.86
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Bank Note Element: A Woman in Classical Robes Embracing a Large Broken Stone Letter "I", with a Distant Sailing Ship to the Left and a Factory to the Right — John Frederick Kensett. 1825–72.

Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: plate: 2 7/16 x 3 13/16 in. (6.2 x 9.7 cm) sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (22.6 x 31.5 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, 1958.

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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