The Skeleton in Armour
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Description
- Title
- The Skeleton in Armour
- Creator
- Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
- Published / Created
- 1883
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
Four sketches, ink and graphite on board, for a six-panel mural frieze designed for Catharine Lorillard Wolfe as a room decoration for Vinland, her Scandinavian-style house at Newport, Rhode Island. The theme was taken from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Skeleton in Armour," which was inspired by Longfellow's viewing of an ancient stone tower in Newport.
- Description
- Imperfect: mutilated with loss of image and text.
- Extent
-
18 x 77 cm. and smaller
4 sketches, ink and graphite on board - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS 1386
- Collection Title
- Catharine T. Patterson Collection of Walter Crane
- Collection/Other Creator
- Patterson, Catharine T. (Catharine Tinker)
- Collection Date
- 1867-1957
- Collection Note
- Series II. Writings and Graphic Material. Manuscripts and Artwork.
- Container / Volume
- Box 10 (Oversize)
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Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
-
Drawings
Illustrations - Resource Type
- Paintings & Drawings
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12834515
- Object ID (OID)
- 2044253