19th-20th century
The drawing is composed of two sheets joined together horizontally. The sheets were reattached by the paper lab in August of 1975.
43.5 x 25.9 cm (17 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.) other; upper sheet (upper sheet): 18.9 x 15.7 cm (7 7/16 x 6 3/16 in.) sheet; lower (lower sheet): 25.2 x 25.7 cm (9 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
Jasper Deeter, Rose Valley PA, Gift to Thomas Suma, 1930. Deeter supposedly got the works from Eakins. Thomas Suma, Rose Valley PA, Gift of Jasper Deeter, 1930, Sold to M. R. Schweitzer, 1945. Suma received the works from Deeter in lieu of salary. His last name might have been "Summa." M. R. Schweitzer, Purchased from Thomas Suma, 1945, Sold to Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975. Adams Davidson Gallery, Washington DC, Purchased from M. R. Schweitzer, 1975, Sold to Seiden and De Cuevas, 1975. Purchased with the assistance of Dr. David Morowitz. Vermeer Associates Limited, Purchased from Adams Davidson Gallery, 1975, Sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1997.
Black chalk on dark cream antique laid paper, toned, laid down overall to off-white antique laid paper decorated mount
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