Collection Highlights
James (1777-?) and Sarah Clark Tuttle (c. 1779-?)
1836
1937.1715
Gouache, watercolor, graphite, and black ink with selective glazing on ivory paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Title
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date
c. 1810-14
Medium
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
Dimensions
Overall: 7 5/8 x 6 in. ( 19.4 x 15.2 cm )
mat: 14 x 12 in. ( 35.6 x 30.5 cm )
Description
Figure
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1953.274f
Gallery Label
This sketch is one of nineteen drawings made by the baroness at the Economical School (Ecole Economique) which Baron Hyde de Neuville was instrumental in founding in New York in 1810 "to promote instruction, to render it economical, and to afford some education to the children of French emigrants and other strangers." The sketches represent students and others on the premises in various poses of study and daily activity.
Provenance
De Neuville family, France; E. De Vries, Paris, 1928; Columbia University Press Book Store, NYC, 1929; Old Print Shop, NYC, 1953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
