BIB_ID
362616
Accession number
MA 7361.5
Creator
Calderon, P. H. (Philip Hermogenes), 1833-1898.
Published
[18--]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Attributed to Calderon by two penciled notes.
Part of an album of drawings, photographs, and autographs compiled by English artist Frederick Smallfield. Select items in the album are described in individual records. See MA 7361 for more information.
With a passage in pencil below the drawing: "Love. 'If the sacrifice of all family ties, the sacrifice of my father's love and fortune, if all this is not enough to convince you of my eternal love, these tears falling on my page, these tears should ... etc., etc.' (Extract from letter to adored creature)"
Part of an album of drawings, photographs, and autographs compiled by English artist Frederick Smallfield. Select items in the album are described in individual records. See MA 7361 for more information.
With a passage in pencil below the drawing: "Love. 'If the sacrifice of all family ties, the sacrifice of my father's love and fortune, if all this is not enough to convince you of my eternal love, these tears falling on my page, these tears should ... etc., etc.' (Extract from letter to adored creature)"
235 x 320 mm
Provenance
Frederick Smallfield; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A watercolor drawing of a man in profile seated at a table, facing left, his feet up on a chair. He holds a pipe in his left hand and a spoon in his right. A large glass bottle, pitcher, and goblet sit on the table. Smoke from his pipe fills the air.
Medium
Watercolor on paper.
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