The Fencing Lesson [recto]
c. 1847-1849
Artist, American, 1825 - 1855

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII)
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Dimensions
sheet: 20 × 26.99 cm (7 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3018.a
Associated Artworks
Three Figures by Stairs
Richard Caton Woodville
1847
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Woodville, VIII, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1967
Richard Caton Woodville: An Early American Genre Painter, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia; Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1967-1968, no. 12, repro
1972
The Dusseldorf Academy and the Americans, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972-1973, no. 149
2013
New Eyes on America: The Genius of Richard Caton Woodville, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland; Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2013, pp. 95, 126, no. 15, fig. 61, repro
Wikidata ID
Q64620468