In Prison

c. 1840s

William Sidney Mount

Associated Names
William Sidney Mount

Artist, American, 1807 - 1868

The image shows an illustration of two people. One is seated on a chair, their face buried in their hand. The other is standing beside them, leaning slightly forward with one hand on the seated person's shoulder. The seated individual has medium-length hair and is dressed in a shirt and pants. The standing person has neatly styled hair pulled back and is wearing a long dress or robe. The background is plain with some texture on the paper. The words "In Prison" and a signature "W. Soul" are inscribed at the bottom of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert McIntyre)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 8.26 × 6.99 cm (3 1/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 12.7 × 10.64 cm (5 × 4 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.546

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

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. 49.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: In Prison; lower right in brown ink: W.S.M.

Wikidata ID

Q64639449

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