Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter (1818-1871)
Object Number:
1956.71
Date:
1840
Medium:
Charcoal on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 9 in. (20.6 x 22.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed in graphite: "A.B. Durand, London, 1840"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
Rossiter joined A. B. Durand, John F. Kensett, and J. W. Casilear on a study-tour of Europe in 1840. During this trip, Rossiter and Durand spent about seven weeks together in London before Durand left for Paris in mid-August. This drawing was presumably made in July or early August of that year.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. William F. Bevan
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
