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Design for Sargent Baby Set Elephant Cup

Arthur Stone (American, born in England, 1847–1938)
American
about 1913

Medium/Technique Graphite, sepia ink, yellow watercolor
Dimensions Sheet: 16.5 x 21.9 cm (6 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Alma Bent
Accession Number1978.1351
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionWith decoration of elephants and sycamore seeds and partial initials
Signed Signed with initials AJS
InscriptionsNumbered 249 and with initials E.M.S.
ProvenanceArthur and Elizabeth Bent Stone estate to their companion Annie E. Priest (b. 1872 – d. 1972); 1972, by descent to Stone's cousin, Alma Bent (b. about 1921 – d. 1992), Gardner, MA; 1978, gift of Bent to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession date: May 14, 2013)

NOTES:
[1] Accepted as apparatus on September 13, 1978. An accession number was later assigned on May 14, 2013.