Entrance gateway, Greenmount cemetary
ca. 1840
Pencil on white paper
Long had originally designed an Egyptian-style entranceway, but then abandoned it for the present Gothic revival style entrance.
Inscription
Provenance
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Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Alexandre Vattemare, Philadelphia, probably 1840 [mode of acquisition unknown]; William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: H: 4 5/16 x W: 6 7/8 in. (11 x 17.5 cm)
Framed: H: 20 1/4 x W: 17 1/2 x D: 2 3/4 in. (51.4 x 44.5 x 7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1944