Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Study for a Figure in "After Dinner"
Object Number:
1947.415
Date:
1834
Medium:
Brown ink on paper laid on heavy ivory paper from a disassembled sketchbook
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 in. (13.3 x 12.7 cm)
Marks:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Wm. S. Mount / 1834"; along lower edge of mount: "From collection of Jas C. Maguire of Washington DC / Sold at Washington by Thos Dowling Dec 10 - > 10. 1888."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Wm. S. Mount / 1834"; along lower edge of mount: "From collection of Jas C. Maguire of Washington DC / Sold at Washington by Thos Dowling Dec 10 - > 10. 1888."
Description:
Figure Study
Gallery Label:
Mount's oil painting entitled "After Dinner" was included in the annual National Academy of Design exhibition in 1834.
Credit Line:
Gift of an anonymous donor
Provenance:
J. C. Maguire Collection, Washington, D.C.; Thomas Dowling, Washington, D. C., 1888
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
