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Maine Sketchbook

Maine Sketchbook

DrawingsAmerican19th century

Maine Sketchbook

1878

Artists

Benjamin ChampneyArtist

Description

Clothbound book with multicolored paper-covered cardboard covers and brown cloth spine. 139 pages of darkened off-white wove paper, with 63 drawings. Pages following p. 65 are blank and no database records were created for them. Many of the pages are foxed. Drawings are mostly graphite and mostly oriented horizontally.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Sketchbook with multicolored paper-covered cardboard covers & brown cloth spine

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.4 x 14.5 x 2.2 cm (8 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Daniel E. Kennedy, Chestnut Hill, MA, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1960. Transaction made through William Bond of Houghton Library.

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