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James Henry Moser

Associated Names
James Henry Moser

Artist, American, born Canada, 1854 - 1913

The image shows a black and white line drawing of a crab surrounded by intricate seaweed designs on light beige paper. The crab is positioned slightly left of center with its claws and seaweed extending towards the right. Light sketch marks and notes are present in the lower left and upper right corners of the page.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink over graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 7.94 × 15.24 cm (3 1/8 × 6 in.)
    board: 17.15 × 23.18 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3610

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: JHM [artist's monogram]; upper right in graphite: No 3; lower left in graphite by unknown hand: 1/2 [not deciphered]- / 2 88504 / 5

Markings

embossed lower left: REYNOLD'S / [crown] / BRISTOLBOARD

Wikidata ID

Q64580418

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