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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. Blauvelt specialized in small genre paintings, frequently of single figures.
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Document identity
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40004
label
Looking For a Job (Snow Shoveller)
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obj
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drawing
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2
Source metadata
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40004
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drawing
stage
normalized
title
Looking For a Job (Snow Shoveller)
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. Blauvelt specialized in small genre paintings, frequently of single figures.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931 [1].[1] from the Walters residence of 5 West Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore
date
ca. 1859
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
paintings
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2
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2
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import
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cm
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18.6
height
13.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 5/16 x W: 5 5/16 in. (18.6 x 13.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Bottom left: Blauvelt
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oil on paper
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2311
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EAN
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2180
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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aed7ed9a842d227b
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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no