DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Two Sketches from Edgartown: Sailboat and Two Children

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sheet: 34.7 × 25 cm (13 11/16 × 9 13/16 in.) upper image: 16 × 17 cm (6 5/16 × 6 11/16 in.) lower image: 10 × 8.5 cm (3 15/16 × 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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