DrawingsAmerican19th century

Study of the Artist's Son, Gerald (1883-1939)

1896

Artists

Abbott Handerson ThayerArtist

Gerald ThayerSitter

Description

Drawn on the back of a mounted illustration of interior scene with mural. Illustration has been partly torn away from cardboard. Upside down from direction of drawing.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on brown cardboard

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 32.7 x 26.3 cm (12 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Giovanni Castano, Boston MA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

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