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John
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Strother, a native of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), trained in New York and later in France and Italy. Returning to America in 1844, he spent a winter in Baltimore, and then settled in Martinsburg. Strother specialized in illustrations for books and magazines, most notably "Harper's Monthly."
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2008-2009 | Portraits Re-Examined: Dawoud Bey Project. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2006 | A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 3/16 x W: 3 1/4 in. (13.1 x 8.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1969