The Fisherman's Home
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Sarah Wolcott, American, 1828 - 1867, Helen Covell Wolcott, American, 1824 - 1857
not dated
Graphite on wove paper
Image: 6 3/16 × 8 1/16 in. (15.7 × 20.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in. (17.9 × 22.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Margaret E. Spicer
D.2002.63.4
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Classification
Drawing
Not on view
Inscription
Titled, in graphite, lower center margin: The Fishermans home; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse: Aunt Celesta / 1825-
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 249.
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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