A Christmas Table Set

Datenot dated

Artist Charles Stanley Reinhart (American painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1844–1896)

Illustration CitationDate and place of publication not identified

MediumInk on bristol board

Dimensionscomposition: 9 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (23.8 × 38.7 cm)
sheet: 10 5/8 × 15 7/8 in. (27 × 40.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978

Object number1978-225

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ClassificationsDRAWING

Label TextReinhart was born in Pittsburgh. After serving as a telegraph operator and a steel mill clerk he studied art in Paris and Munich. In 1870 he settled in New York and accepted an exclusive contract with Harper and Brothers, where he remained for 8 years. In the 1880, another Harper's contract took him to Paris. He illustrated European life for the magazine. He remained an illustrator for the rest of his career, while also exhibiting at the Paris salons.