The Ruins of Ancient Castle

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sarah Wolcott, American, 1828 - 1867
Helen Covell Wolcott, American, 1824 - 1857

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19th century

Graphite on paper

Image: 6 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (17.1 × 22.2 cm)

Sheet: 8 1/16 × 10 in. (20.5 × 25.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret E. Spicer

D.2002.63.5

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Drawing

Research Area

Drawing

Not on view

Inscriptions

Titled, in graphite, lower center margin: The ruins of ancient castle; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse: Aunt Celesta / 1828 -

Exhibition History

Architecture and Memory in Europe, Harrington Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 15, 2022-February 11, 2024.

Provenance

Helen Covell Wolcott Buck, Elizabeth Sarah Wolcott Petitcler, and John Covell Wolcott (siblings), Cheshire, Massachusetts; to Elizabeth Sarah Petitcler Foster (Elizabeth Petitcler's daughter), Cheshire, Massachusetts; bequeathed to Helen Rena Foster Gearhart (daughter), Palmerton, Pennsylvania, 1942; bequeathed to Elizabeth Gearhart Spicer (daughter), Palmerton, Pennsylvania,1976; bequeathed to Margaret Elizabeth Spicer (daughter), Norwich, Vermont, 1996; given to present collection, 2002.

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