Studies of Figural Groups, 1866

Not on View

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.48 × 19.05 cm (12 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Norman Hirschl)

Accession Number

2015.19.547

Artists / Makers

William Sidney Mount (artist) American, 1807 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right in graphite: "Whats poor niggers going to do." / greys of all colors / in contrast / with brown / and black; left center in graphite: W. S. M.; lower left in graphite: W. S. M. / Dec. 3d a fine day; lower right in graphite: W. S. M. Dec-3-66 / White coat - light skirt / dark pants, brown bodice / Now Jim, cut me some / wood - or go without your / dinner

Provenance

Norman Hirschl, New York; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1947; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hirschl, Norman

Bibliography

1983: Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 7, no. 46.