Design for an Emblem of the State of South Carolina
c. 1860
Artist, American, 1824 - 1879
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink with wash on heavy wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 23.18 × 33.97 cm (9 1/8 × 13 3/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.755
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Victor Spark, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1951; 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. 41, no. 288.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: C. Schussele; upper left in graphite: Original / sketch for / later steel engraving; lower right in black ink by unknown hand: Baedlonslaudt Co: / Phila:; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 61650-2
Wikidata ID
Q64539929