Birthday card of sailing ship on water with lighthouse

Juvenilia

Object Details

Title:

Date:

1883

Artist:

Medium:

Graphite and watercolor on paper hinged between fabric mats

Dimensions

7 x 9 3/4 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[verso in graphite]: Many Happy Returns / Papa / from / Violet / November 14th / 1883

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