Comedy and Tragedy

John Barnard Whittaker

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

John Barnard Whittaker (American, 1836–1926). Comedy and Tragedy, 1883. Oil on canvas, 44 3/8 x 34 1/8 in. (112.7 x 86.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Benjamin Whittaker, 29.1609. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Comedy and Tragedy

Date

1883

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

44 3/8 x 34 1/8 in. (112.7 x 86.6 cm)

Signatures

Signed upper right: "J.B. Whittaker./ 1883

Credit Line

Gift of Benjamin Whittaker

Accession Number

29.1609

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