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Source Description
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 perhaps suggests the mortality of the artist. This would echo a second tailpiece by the same artist which shows a skull, and is inscribed "emigravit," meaning "departed."
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Document identity
localId
4846
label
Illuminated Tailpiece with a Palette and Brushes for William T. Walters' Drawings Album ""Original Sketches""
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
4846
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Illuminated Tailpiece with a Palette and Brushes for William T. Walters' Drawings Album ""Original Sketches""
description
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 perhaps suggests the mortality of the artist. This would echo a second tailpiece by the same artist which shows a skull, and is inscribed "emigravit," meaning "departed."
provenance
Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, by 1859; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
watercolors (paintings)
tailpieces
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18.6
height
24.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 5/16 × W: 9 1/2 in. (18.57 × 24.13 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Initialed] CMB [Inscribed] below center: FINIS
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
33560
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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f1a571c8f599f1c8
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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a8b4ee463479301f
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no
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no
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3
type
photo
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1ed838a818e55924
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no
hasDescription
no