# The Blue Envelope

- By: John Frederick Peto (American, 1854 - 1907)
- Date: c. 1890s
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 10.8 x 16.5 cm (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.) ; framed: 20 x 26 x 1.6 cm (7 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5/8 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.110278.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/4efb17f3-cbf0-47dd-9610-f780294305b4/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)