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Sketchbook
William Stanley Haseltine (American, 1835–1900)
about 1856
Medium/Technique
Graphite and charcoal on paper
Dimensions
Bound book: 13.7 x 21.5 cm (5 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1978.368
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings – Sketchbooks
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionBound in black boards, cover stamped "Album." 38 leaves with drawings. Mostly landscapes of Italy (Naples, Rome, Lago Maggiore, Vesuvius, etc.)
Marks
Annotated inside front cover in pen and black ink: PROPERTY OF HELEN HASELTINE PLOWDEN - ASPLEY GUISE BEDS. = 1926; in pen and blue ink: one of the earliest sketch books: probably 1856-
InscriptionsA few identifications by the artist; some in pen by his daughter HHPlowden who dated the album
ProvenanceHelen Haseltine Plowden, daughter of the artist. Bequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA September 13, 1978