Sketch Class Series - E.W. Perry

1860

John Quincy Adams Ward

Associated Names
John Quincy Adams Ward

Artist, American, 1830 - 1910

The image features a man seated on a stool, depicted in a side profile view from head to feet. He is concentrating on painting or drawing on a canvas or surface placed in front of him. The man has a beard, short wavy hair, and wears a striped, long-sleeved shirt, pants, and a vest. He is holding a thin rod or painting tool, working diligently on the artwork. The background is plain, with only a stool and the canvas visible. The overall tone of the image is vintage, without elaborate details in the surroundings.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17 × 11.4 cm (6 11/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.119

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center in brown ink: Washington 1860 Perry painting Slidel.; center right on canvas in brown ink: SLIDEL; upper center verso in graphite by unknown hand: by J Q A Ward / from his notebook; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 56 (upside down)

Wikidata ID

Q64583848

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