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Sketchbook,
1875–76
Homer Dodge Martin, 1836–1897; born Albany, NY; died St. Paul, MN
x1943-101.1-.21
Information
Title
Sketchbook
Dates
1875–76
Maker
Medium
Graphite with some pen and ink additions
Dimensions
sheet (each): 12.4 × 20.1 cm (4 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
cover: 13 × 21 × 1.6 cm (5 1/8 × 8 1/4 × 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William Crary Brownell and Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
Object Number
x1943-101.1-.21
Place Depicted
Europe, England, Medmenham
Inscription
in graphite, inside front cover: Farmingham. Kent | Bromley. Kent-Victoria Station | Maidenhead-Paddington Station | Cookham just above
in ink, first page: To Frank Jewett Mather | with kindest regards of | Gertrude Hall Brownell | who received this sketch book | from Ralph Martin | son of Homer Dodge Martin | May 25, 1942
in ink, on laid-in handwritten calling card recto: Ralph Martin | 145 Kinney St. | Ocean Park | Calif.
in ink, on laid-in handwritten calling card verso: This, My Dear Mrs. Brownell | will, I believe, prove to be interesting and informative | to you. Anyhow I hope so | RM.
Culture
Type
Materials
Ralph Martin; Gertrude Hall Brownell (the artist's son); Gertrude Hall Brownell (Mrs. W.C. Brownell); Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., p. 111, no. 111 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 87, fig. 1; pp. 301–302, checklist no. 140; p. 302 (left half of verso, rotated illus.)
