Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Camp of Tinkers, Darlington, Durham, England
Object Number:
1947.351
Date:
1837
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and brown ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 16.5 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower center: "1837, W.R. Miller"
inscription: lower left: "Gypsies [crossed out] Camp of Tinkers"
inscription: lower right: "F. Coney--pot Lane/near Darlington/Durham"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in brown ink over graphite: "Gypsies[crossed out] Camp of Tinkers -- 1837. W. R. Miller"; at lower right: "Honey -pot Lane / near Darlington / Durham"
Gallery Label:
This was painted when Miller was nineteen-years-old.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriski
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
