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Catalog Number |
C23.001 |
Title |
Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, 1814-1890 |
Object Name |
Drawing |
Description |
A charcoal on paper drawing of a standing man wearing a jacket and hat, leaning on a cane, and holding a basket with a saw in it; foliage at right; signed lower right "A.T. Van Laer;" glue marks evident on paper; in a gray mat and wooden molded frame. Notes on the back by Joseph WP Frost. |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Artist |
Van Laer, Alexander Theobald, 1857-1920 |
Dimensions |
H-26.625 W-17 inches |
Material |
Charcoal on paper |
Place of Origin |
Boston, Massachusetts? |
Provenance |
Belonged to JWP Frost; consigned to auction by daughter, Elizabeth Frost. Shillaber was born in Portsmouth and moved to Boston in 1830, became an editor and a humorist; wrote a number of books featuring "Mrs. Partington." |
People |
Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow, 1814-1890 Van Laer, Alexander Theobald, 1857-1920 |
Subjects |
Drawings Humor Authors Humorists Portsmouth (N.H.) Local authors |