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Comedy and Tragedy

Artist: John Barnard Whittaker, American, 1836-1926
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1883
Dimensions: 44 3/8 x 34 1/8 in. (112.7 x 86.6 cm)
Signature: Signed upper right: "J.B. Whittaker./ 1883
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 29.1609
Credit Line: Gift of Benjamin Whittaker
Image: Overall, 29.1609.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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