The Lantern

1931

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/16 × 12 1/2 in. (25.5 × 31.7 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 × 15 13/16 in. (34.4 × 40.2 cm)
Collection no.: 62.554.27
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Lantern — Kerr Eby. 1931.

Medium: Etching and aquatint. Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/16 × 12 1/2 in. (25.5 × 31.7 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 × 15 13/16 in. (34.4 × 40.2 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of Phyllis Brevoort Eby, 1962.

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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