"The Skeleton in Armour"

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Title: "The Skeleton in Armour"
Creator: From the Collection: Patterson, Catharine T. (Catharine Tinker)
Contributor: From the Collection: Ospovat, Henry, 1877 or 1878-1909
From the Collection: Elliott & Fry
Published / Created: 1883
Description: 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.
Provenance: Gift of Catharine T. Patterson, 1956.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Digitization Note: Mixed resolutions.
Language: English

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1386

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Container / Volume

Box 10 (Oversize)

Access: Public
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Citation: Catharine T. Patterson Collection of Walter Crane. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.