Album of Original sketches
Bound album. On page one is a "Portrait of the artist, J. McLenan, drawn by himself. May 59." The subjects include genre and domestic scenes, studies of types of people, newsboys, bootblacks, caicatures, comic strips, illustrations for proverbs, Squier's "Waikua - Story of the Gold Coast," the "death of Manitou," and "Alabama Sketches."
Provenance
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William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 1/16 x W: 9 3/4 in. (18 x 24.7 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.
37.1983