Hanging Lamp.
DraftsmanDrawn by
Edwin Augustus Moore
American, 1858 - 1925
Date1886
MediumDrawing; pencil on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 13/16 x 6 1/4in. (19.8 x 15.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 3/4 x 10 1/8in. (24.8 x 25.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 3/4 x 10 1/8in. (24.8 x 25.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionStudy of a hanging lamp, apparently a kerosene lamp, with metal, probably brass, fixtures. The four outer units have glass globes over glass chimneys; the central unit has a shade.
Object number2004.52.137
InscribedOn recto, in pencil: upper left, "Turnip seed / Com. [?] peas / [illegible] / Staples. Leather."; lower right, "Most troublesome thing I ever drew".On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number.NotesSubject Note: The lamp was presumably in the Moore family home in Kensington, Connecticut. Similar lamps appear in photographs of the interior of the Moore house. (Finlay 7/27/2004)
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