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Thomas Bewick

Waiting for Death: An Unfinished Engraving on Wood

1876

Dating
Exact year
Held at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium
Wood engraving
Collection no.
36.23.50(2)
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Waiting for Death: An Unfinished Engraving on Wood — Thomas Bewick. 1876.

Medium: Wood engraving. Dimensions: .

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

Credit line: Gift of David Silve, 1936.

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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