Academic Studies and Landscapes.
DraftsmanDrawn by
Nelson Augustus Moore
American, 1824 - 1902
Date1847-1865
MediumDrawings; pencil, black chalk, and white chalk on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 10in. (22.2 x 25.4cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 12 15/16 x 10in. (32.9 x 25.4cm) or smaller
Sheet (height x width): 12 15/16 x 10in. (32.9 x 25.4cm) or smaller
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionDrawings include an academic study of a right hand holding a right foot; a shattered sculpture of a male nude torso seen from the rear; a landscape with a saltbox house, farm buildings, and a metal windmill; and a view of a lake with a Virginia split rail fence in the foreground and mountains in the background.
Object number2004.52.138-.141
InscribedOn recto:2004.52.138 is inscribed at lower left, in pencil, "Bolton Lake George 1865".
2004.42.140 is inscribed at lower right, in pencil, "Cummings".
On verso, accession number inscribed on all drawings at lower right, in pencil.NotesSubject Note: 2004.52.140 and 2004.52.141 appear to be student work and are typical of the kind of drawings nineteenth-century artists made in the course of their studies. (Finlay 7/27/2004)
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