Illuminated Tailpiece with a Palette and Brushes for William T. Walters' Drawings Album ""Original Sketches""
This tailpiece was specially commissioned for one of William T. Walters' albums of drawings. It shows a palette and brushes covered by a spider's web, the spider is suspended from a brush below. Under this is the word "finis," Latin for "end." The seemingly abandoned pallette...
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Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, by 1859; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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en
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3
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1581_Fnt_BW_H79.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_37.1581_Fnt_BW_H79.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.1581 |
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watercolor on paper
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