Drawing

Art

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Drawing

Entry/Object ID

MP.2007.70

Description

Four incomplete pencil sketches on one sheet, folded in half; all sketches of female heads differing in poses and details; two on front: one partially-complete three-quarter profile, face rendered and shaded, hair and drapery suggested; one very light preliminary sketch of the same; two on reverse: one profile with grecian-style hairstyle and suggestion of hand holding drapery at bust; oriented the opposite way, one portait sketch with braided hair, downcast eyes and drapery with ornamental pins at shoulders; watermark: "J. WHATMAN/ 1813".

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper (wove), Graphite, Paper (wove), graphite

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Coralie Livingston Barton

Attribution

Artist

Date made

1820 - 1850

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

(See Description)

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

20-1/2 in

Width

30 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 20 1/2 x 30 in. (52.1 x 76.2 cm)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Discoloration of paper overall; small spots of darker foxing; wrinkled at edges; creased at corners and at center; transfer of pigment

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Coralie Livingston Barton

Notes

Former owner

Related Entries

Notes

MP.2007.27 - Portfolio - Contents

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Found in portfolio of sketches and drawings belonging to Cora Livingston Barton.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 29A