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Washington Monument, Baltimore
Public Domain

James David Smillie, Thomas Kelah Wharton, and others

Washington Monument, Baltimore

1835

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Washington Monument, Baltimore

1835

Physical Qualities Etching and engraving with hand coloring, Sheet: 267 × 351 mm. (10 1/2 × 13 13/16 in.) Image: 152 × 224 mm. (6 × 8 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Object Number 2000.143
Arthur J. Gutman, Baltimore
Anita Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Album Quilts: Appliquéd Artistry," Nov. 5, 2003-May 9, 2004.
BMA, American Wing Rotation, June 2001- December 2001.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LLQ: 'Drawn by T.K. Wharton'; LRQ: 'Engraved by James Smillie'; LWRC: 'Steel Plate/ WASHINGTON MONUMENT BALTIMORE/ DRAWN & ENGRAVED FOR THE NEW YORK MIRROR, 1835/ [...]'

Markings: none - none

Artist

Thomas Kelah Wharton

American, born England, 1814-1862

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