Eastern Penitentiary
Unknown American, American
possibly Samuel Cowperthwaite, American, 19th century
about 1855
Gouache on paper mounted on cardboard with linen backing
Image: 8 × 16 9/16 in. (20.3 × 42.1 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 19 in. (27.9 × 48.3 cm)
Frame: 17 1/2 × 26 in. (44.5 × 66 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Olivia H. Parker and John O. Parker '58 Acquisition Fund
2018.12
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled and dated, in center lower margin below image: EASTERN PENITENTIARY / PA. / 1855. [embossed?]; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, center right margin: [horozontal line within a box].
Course History
History 36.03, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 66.36, Geography 70.02, Histories of the Carceral State, Bench Ansfield, Spring 2024
Provenance
Bruce Emond, Village Braider Antiques, Inc., Plymouth, Massachusettts; sold to present collection, 2018.
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