The Old Soldier - Berncastel

1861/1862

Alfred Cornelius Howland

Associated Names
Alfred Cornelius Howland

Artist, American, 1838 - 1909

The image shows a drawing of an older man sitting on a bench. He faces slightly to the right and has a stern expression. The man is wearing a large-brimmed hat, a buttoned coat over a vest, shorts, visible socks, and buckled shoes. He is holding a walking stick in his right hand that rests on the ground, and his left hand rests on his knee. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.3 × 26.2 cm (14 5/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.60

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 61.

Inscriptions

lower left: Berncastel / am Mosel / September / "was kost den dass."; on verso now coverd by backing sheet: This old chap we picked up in the / streets at Berna stel. The costume / is worn today

Wikidata ID

Q64534283

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