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Source Description
On the basis of the monogram and its military subject matter this drawing has been attributed to Wilhelm Camphausen, a popular academic painter of military and genre scenes, who was also a caricaturist and illustrator. He was a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy and a member of the academies in Berlin and Vienna.
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Document identity
localId
2883
label
Soldier and Officer Reading
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
2883
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Soldier and Officer Reading
description
On the basis of the monogram and its military subject matter this drawing has been attributed to Wilhelm Camphausen, a popular academic painter of military and genre scenes, who was also a caricaturist and illustrator. He was a professor at the Düsseldorf Academy and a member of the academies in Berlin and Vienna.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1858
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
21
height
14.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/4 x W: 5 5/8 in. (21 x 14.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower right
in monogram: CW 58
med
pencil on paper
creator_ids
33472
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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9a92b45a6b40c2c4
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
3aa2b51aa5c767e3
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no