Owl
1889
William Holbrook Beard
Artist, American, 1824 - 1900
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Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink over graphite on prepared paperboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 26.67 × 25.4 cm (10 1/2 × 10 in.)
sheet: 34.29 × 26.67 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.2927
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John and Virginia Metz, Marriottsville, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1986; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in black ink: W. H. Beard. / Jan. 28, 1889.
Wikidata ID
Q64637493