Collection Highlights
Drawing by Sargeant: Figure Studies after Tintoretto's "Worship of the Golden Calf"; verso: sketch of a horse-drawn carriage and a more finished study of a horse
c. 1874
1935.85.2.24
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Title
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
Date
1827
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, and charcoal with touches of black and brown ink and white gouache on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 4 7/16 x 4 1/8 in. (11.3 x 10.5 cm)
mat: 14 x 11 in. ( 35.6 x 27.9 cm )
frame: 15 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.
Description
Portrait
Credit Line
Gift of Anna R. Fairchild
Object Number
1910.20
Inscriptions
Verso inscribed and signed at upper center in brown ink: "Likeness of W. C Bryant. / -- By Inman 1827. --"
Gallery Label
This portrait was made while Bryant was still a young man, not long after he had assumed his editorial position with the New York Evening Post. There are two engravings by G. Parker after this portrait in the Print Room of the Society; one appeared originally in the New York Mirror and the other in the U.S. Magazine and Democratic Review in 1842.
Provenance
Descent through sitter's family, Anna R. Fairchild, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
