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Source Description
Blauvelt studied with Charles Loring Elliott and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. He pursued a career as a genre and portrait painter, before settling in Annapolis, Maryland where he taught draftsmanship at the Naval Academy. Blauvelt was among the artists whom William T. Walters encountered during his forays in the New York art market just prior to the Civil War, acquiring 5 works by the artist. This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
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Document identity
localId
34423
label
Boy Observing an Eclipse
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
34423
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Boy Observing an Eclipse
description
Blauvelt studied with Charles Loring Elliott and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. He pursued a career as a genre and portrait painter, before settling in Annapolis, Maryland where he taught draftsmanship at the Naval Academy. Blauvelt was among the artists whom William T. Walters encountered during his forays in the New York art market just prior to the Civil War, acquiring 5 works by the artist. This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18.9
height
13.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 7/16 x W: 5 1/2 in. (18.9 x 13.9 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed] Lower right: Blauvelt
med
pencil accented with white on light brown cardboard
creator_ids
2311
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2180
2703
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photo
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no
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photo
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3012c95bdc29e207
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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no
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no