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Tolman, Stacy,
Portrait male -- Bicknell, William Henry Warren
Occupation -- Art
Architecture interior -- Studio
Architecture -- Machine
Painting
The Etcher, (painting).
Artist:
Tolman
,
Stacy
, 1860-1935, painter.
Title:
The Etcher, (painting).
Dates:
ca 1887-1890.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
40 1/8 x 30 3/16 in. (101.9 x 76.7 cm).
Inscription:
(Lower left:)
STACY
TOLMAN
signed
Description:
A seated portrait of William Henry Warren Bicknell (1860-1947) at work on an etching in his studio, probably the studio he shared with
Stacy
Tolman
at 247 Washington Street in Boston. Bicknell is seen in profile seated hunched over a table beneath a skylight, a screen positioned to diffuse the light hangs at an angle over his work area. Bicknell is concentrating on an etching using a mirror propped up to reflect a book in front of him. On the table next to him there are bottles and a stack of finished prints. On the far right there is a printing press.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Bicknell, William Henry Warren -- Full length
Occupation -- Art -- Artist
Architecture interior -- Studio
Architecture -- Machine -- Printing Press
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 62.92
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Williams and Everett, Boston, Massachusetts 1890.
Bicknell, William Henry Warren, estate of (possibly), Winchester, Massachusetts after 1947.
Childs Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts until 1962.
Old Print Shop, New York, New York until 1962.
References:
Williams, Hermann Warner, Jr., 1972.
Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 384.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Burke, Doreen Bolger, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume III: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1846 and 1864," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, pg. 384.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 70620470
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