Colonial scene with two older men and a woman seated in front of a fireplace

Colonial scene with two older men and a woman seated in front of a fireplace
Colonial scene with two older men and a woman seated in front of a fireplace

Colonial scene with two older men and a woman seated in front of a fireplace

Date1897
Artist (American painter, 1877–1950)
MediumInk and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 10 × 12 1/8 in. (25.4 × 30.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frank and Marjorie Virdin, 1974
Object number1974-177.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing has an inscription on the reverse, giving the date "December 1897." Stanley Arthurs studied with Wilmington artist Clawson Hammitt in Wilmington, who urged him to attend Howard Pyle's illustration class at Drexel Institute. Arthurs joined the class in 1897, so this drawing may have been done as a class assingment from Pyle.

Donor Marjorie Virdin (1899-1978) was a Delaware newspaperwoman, on the staff of the Delaware Coast Press and The Delawarean. She was also active in the Rehoboth Art League.

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