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Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
PR.055.3.105
Medium:
Paper
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The Enthralled Schoolmaster (Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel) from Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Object Number:
1951.439
Date:
c. 1893
Medium:
Watercolor on paper laid on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 19 cm )
mat: 18 x 14 in. ( 45.7 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "G. H. Boughton"
Inscribed: in pencil, on reverse: "The Enthralled Schoolmaster, Sleepy Hollow."
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in gray watercolor: "G H Boughton"; verso of board inscribed at angle in graphite: "The Enthralled Schoolmaster / Sleepy Hollow"
Description:
Figures
Credit Line:
Purchase, Art Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
