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Sketchbook
John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)
1845–55
Medium/Technique
Sketchbook, twenty-four sketches in graphite, some heightened with white chalk, with landscape studies, marines, livestock, and figure studies
Dimensions
Each sheet: 12.4 x 20 cm (4 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. C. S. Taber
Accession Number13.3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsSketchbooks
DescriptionSketchbook, thirty leaves of cream wove paper (interspersed with nine sheets of colored papers in blue, brown, and tan), gilt edges, no cover. First leaf dated 1845; four marines dated 1846; "Glen Cove" dated 1847; landscape studies and one finsihed portrait of a man dated 1855
InscriptionsRecto, first leaf, stamped in black ink: J. La Farge; in pen and brown ink "Reçu le 25. Decembre 1845"
ProvenanceJ. C. S. Taber (Newton Highlands, Massachusetts); his gift to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: January 2, 1913)