The Skeleton in Armour

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

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)

Access: Public
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