A Tree-lined Garden Path (Preliminary Sketch for "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"?)
1900?
Artist, British, 1847 - 1911

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash and graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 18.7 x 21.6 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2009.70.80
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
probably Miss Dinah Caney (sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1973, part of lot 299); (bought by Christopher Powney); Finchden Manor, Tenterden, Kent; Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1977; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.
Associated Names
Bibliography
2012
Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 168 (color).
Inscriptions
by later hand, across verso in graphite: (writing exercise consisting of various words, such as"journey," "opportunity," "Constantinople," and "elephant," written repeatedly); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite (upside down): 31 / [undeciphered signature]
Wikidata ID
Q64628865