DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Lily-Pad Design, for Boston Public Library

19th-20th century

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Description

The drawing is affixed to the recto of the page. There are remnants of gold paint at the right edges of the drawing.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on oiled buff laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.8 x 42.6 cm (10 3/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.

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