Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
1937.1237
Iron, paint
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Allegory of Simplicity
Title
Allegory of Simplicity
Date
c. 1850-70
Medium
Graphite on card
Dimensions
Overall: 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. ( 12.4 x 20 cm )
Description
Allegory
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Whitney Hartshorne
Object Number
1979.44
Marks
signature: lower right:"Dallas"
inscription: lower center: "Simplicity"
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Simplicity --"; at lower center: "Simplicity --"
Gallery Label
This sketch came to the society mounted in an album of sketches and engravings by Thomas S. Cummings and various other nineteenth-century American artists.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
