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Cloetis

c. 1855

William Brenton Boggs

Associated Names

William Brenton Boggs

Artist, American, 1809 - 1875

The image displays a landscape with a building on the right side and trees framing it. The painting is executed in a watercolor technique, featuring warm and earthy colors. In the foreground, a young boy in a red jacket walks down a path. Various trees surround the building, adding scale and depth to the scene.

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Artwork overview

Medium

watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Edward M. East)
Dimensions

sheet: 19.05 × 27.94 cm (7 1/2 × 11 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.557

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Edward M. East, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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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. 8, no. 57.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown watercolor: Cloetis WB Brown

Wikidata ID

Q64636615

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