Collection Highlights
Walker's Appeal, In Four Articles
Date:
1829
Object Number:
LIB.E441.Box.W1784.W3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Portrait of Thomas Couture (1815-1879) on His Deathbed
Object Number:
1937.1792
Date:
1879
Medium:
Black and white chalk on blue paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 5/16 x 25 1/4 in. (49.1 x 64.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle right in black chalk: "J.W.D. / 1879"; inscribed at lower left [over erased inscription] in graphite: "Thomas Couture / Fait le jour apez sa morte / à Villiers-le bel 1879"
Description:
Portrait
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Provenance:
John Ward Dunsmore, Dover, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
