Beggars by the Wall

1922

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: Plate: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm) Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.8 × 21.8 cm)
Collection no.: 62.554.8
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Beggars by the Wall — Kerr Eby. 1922.

Medium: Drypoint. Dimensions: Plate: 4 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (11.3 × 16.4 cm) Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.8 × 21.8 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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