A Modern Day Etcher: William Merritt Chase in His Studio

Robert Frederick Blum · 1882

Robert Frederick Blum: American, 1857 - 1903

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A Modern Day Etcher: William Merritt Chase in His Studio

1882

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Drypoint
Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/16 in. × 27 in. (54.4 × 68.6 cm) Plate: 14 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (37.8 × 50.4 cm)
Collection no.: 34.34.2
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Modern Day Etcher: William Merritt Chase in His Studio — Robert Frederick Blum. 1882.

Medium: Drypoint. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/16 in. × 27 in. (54.4 × 68.6 cm) Plate: 14 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (37.8 × 50.4 cm).

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

Credit line: Gift of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1934.

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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