Studies of a Sled and Various Household Objects, c. 1870-1890

Not on View

Medium

graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor, and gouache on blue-gray wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 32.07 × 25.24 cm (12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of J. William Middendorf, II)

Accession Number

2015.19.2674

Artists / Makers

Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. (artist) American, 1831 - 1915

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: Wild Cherry Bark-1/4 lb / put in 12 oz cold water - 12 hours / add 4 oz alcohol / 1 tablespoon [not deciphered] / 1 oz saltpetre

Provenance

J. William Middendorf, II, McLean, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Middendorf, J. William II

Exhibition History

1978: Selections from the Gift of J. Williams Middendorf, II, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978, no. 40

Bibliography

1983: Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 69, no. 437.