Eupatorium
John Francis Murphy, American, 1853 - 1921
August 14, 1877
Pen and ink on wove paper
Sheet: 11 × 6 15/16 in. (27.9 × 17.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
D.954.20.657
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right corner: J. F. Murphy; dated, in ink, lower right: 8/14/.77; inscribed, in ink, lower left corner: August [with botanical ornamentation]; inscribed, lower center, in graphite: Eupatorium?; inscribed, lower right corner, in ink, but crossed out in graphite: 3- 6- pink + yellow; inscribed, on reverse: 7 x 14- 111- / 7955
Publication History
Emerson Crosby Kelly, "A Check List of the Paintings by J. Francis Murphy, N.A., 1853-1921," in "Emerson Crosby Kelly research materials relating to J. Francis Murphy, 1761-1973," Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., microfilm reel 4344, frame 182, no. 145.
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, pp. 36-37, 241, ill. p. 37, fig. 37.
Provenance
American Art Association, Inc., New York, "Paintings and Drawings by J. Francis Murphy...," November 26, 1926, lot.12; sold to Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
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