"Chad Held the Light"
"Chad Held the Light"

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"Chad Held the Light"

Edward Windsor Kemble, American, 1861–1933
x1943-29

Information

Title
"Chad Held the Light"
Maker
Edward Windsor Kemble
Medium
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite
Dimensions
35.9 x 25.0 cm. (14 1/8 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1943-29
Signatures
Signed in black ink, lower left: Kemble.
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
boards (flat objects), ink, wash, graphite
Subject
candles, figures (representations), doorways, men

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