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Source Description
Boughton spent most of his career in England but owed much of his financial success to works aimed at the American market. He was particularly well known for Puritan subjects drawn from popular and literary sources. Late in his career, he furnished illustrations for editions of Washington Irving's "Rip van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (published in 1907) and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" (published in 1908). While the subject of "The Fairy Tale" is story-telling itself rather than any particular work of literature, its style relates closely to these late works.
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Document identity
localId
2306
label
The Fairy Tale
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
2306
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
The Fairy Tale
description
Boughton spent most of his career in England but owed much of his financial success to works aimed at the American market. He was particularly well known for Puritan subjects drawn from popular and literary sources. Late in his career, he furnished illustrations for editions of Washington Irving's "Rip van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (published in 1907) and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" (published in 1908). While the subject of "The Fairy Tale" is story-telling itself rather than any particular work of literature, its style relates closely to these late works.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1890, by purchase [from the artist]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1890
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.9
height
26.9
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 1/2 x W: 10 9/16 in. (36.9 x 26.9 cm); Framed H: 24 1/2 x W: 20 1/2 in. (62.23 x 52.07 cm)
Source extras
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
3094
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2152
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2830
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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b867a4356015b85a
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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c9b660ae6b42b5ce
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no
hasDescription
no