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John Singleton Copley, Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar", 1783-1786, pen and brown ink with graphite on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Josephine Boardman Crane), 2015.19.873

Study for "The Defeat of the Floating Batteries at Gibraltar"

John Singleton Copley · 1783-1786 · pen and brown ink with graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.873

We look slightly down onto a young woman sitting at a writing desk as she licks an envelope in this vertical, color print. A table folds down or extends from a tall secretary desk to our right. The blotter on the table and the woman’s long dress are both cobalt blue. The dress has a vaguely floral pattern in white, and the jacket is open to reveal a vertically pleated, beige-pink shirt beneath. The woman’s skin is faintly tinted peach. Her black hair is pulled back over dark brows and a delicate nose. She holds the open flap of the envelope to her mouth with both hands. A piece of white paper lies on the desktop in front of her. She sits in a brown chair, and the wallpaper of the room is patterned with green and muted pink flowers against a white background. The sheet is inscribed with graphite across the right half of the bottom margin, “Imprimée par l’artiste et M. Leroy Mary Cassatt (25 épreuves)."
Mary Cassatt, The Letter, 1890-1891, color drypoint and aquatint on laid paper, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Josephine Boardman Crane), 2014.136.198

The Letter

Mary Cassatt · 1890-1891 · color drypoint and aquatint on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2014.136.198

Mosè Bianchi, Un Miracle [A Miracle], 1874, etching with aquatint on chine collé, Purchased as the Gift of Ann and Matthew Nimetz, 2014.63.1

Un Miracle [A Miracle]

Mosè Bianchi · 1874 · etching with aquatint on chine collé ·  Accession ID  2014.63.1

Jackson Pollock, Untitled, c. 1939/1940, graphite and colored pencil on wove paper, Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund, 2015.11.1

Untitled

Jackson Pollock · c. 1939/1940 · graphite and colored pencil on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.11.1

Jacques Villon, Les femmes de Thrace (The Women of Thrace), 1907, etching in black on laid paper, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Fund, 2015.204.1

Les femmes de Thrace (The Women of Thrace)

Jacques Villon · 1907 · etching in black on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2015.204.1

Eastman Johnson, The Toilet, 1873, oil on paper board, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Captain A. S. Hickey, USN (Ret.), in memory of his wife, Caryl Crawford Hickey), 2015.19.85

The Toilet

Eastman Johnson · 1873 · oil on paper board ·  Accession ID  2015.19.85

American 18th Century, Boy with a Basket of Fruit, c. 1790, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1971.83.13

Boy with a Basket of Fruit

American 18th Century · c. 1790 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1971.83.13

John La Farge, Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa, 1895-1896, watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper mounted to paperboard, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase), 2015.19.966

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa

John La Farge · 1895-1896 · watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper mounted to paperboard ·  Accession ID  2015.19.966

Marsden Hartley, Vinalhaven, Maine, 1937-1938, black crayon and white chalk on cardboard, Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund), 2015.19.726

Vinalhaven, Maine

Marsden Hartley · 1937-1938 · black crayon and white chalk on cardboard ·  Accession ID  2015.19.726

Sturtevant J. Hamblin, Sisters in Blue, c. 1840, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1978.80.19

Sisters in Blue

Sturtevant J. Hamblin · c. 1840 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1978.80.19