"The Skeleton in Armour"

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Description

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

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
GEN MSS 1386
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Container / Volume
Box 10 (Oversize)

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

Identifiers

Orbis Record
12834515
Object ID (OID)
2044253

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