The Prodigal Son in Misery
c. 1815
Artist, American, active 1810/1825
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink and watercolor
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sight size: 37.5 x 31.5 cm (14 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
framed: 49 x 42.2 x 2.8 cm (19 5/16 x 16 5/8 x 1 1/8 in.) -
Accession
1966.13.22
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1998
Mary Ann Willson: Artist Maid, American Folk Art Museum, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
1966
101 Primitive Watercolors and Pastels, from the Collection of Edgar William Garbisch and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1966: 38.
Inscriptions
across bottom: the prodigal Son in Misery, he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the Swine/ Did Eat luke 16
Wikidata ID
Q64607433