Helen Soule French as a Child, Knitting (obverse); Sketches of Cats (reverse)
William Merchant Richardson French, American, 1843 - 1914
1884
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper (obverse); Graphite (reverse)
Sheet: 7 × 6 in. (17.8 × 15.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Charlotte Wood Jewett Collection; Given by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Jewett
W.981.87
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 233.
Provenance
Charlotte Wood Jewett (1904-1991) and Kenneth E. Jewett (1905-2003), Belfast, Maine, date unknown; given to present collection, 1981.
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