Museum Collections
Luce Center
Preparatory Study for "Spinning Flax, Olden Times"
Object Number:
1956.131
Date:
1861
Medium:
Black and white chalk and graphite with touches of red chalk on prepared brown board
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. ( 42.5 x 55.2 cm )
mat: 22 x 28 in. ( 55.9 x 71.1 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "Edwin White 1861"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in black chalk: "Edwin White / 1861"
Description:
Genre
Gallery Label:
This is the artist's preliminary drawing for the finished oil now in the Robert L. Stuart Collection of the Society (S-142).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Franklin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.