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Drunkard

Alfred Jacob Miller1810-1874

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

Miller often used witty captions or lines of dialogue to reveal more about the characters in his sketches. He provided the following caption for this piece: "You must move on 'old bottle nose' - the city won't pay you anything for holding up the lamp post."

Alfred Jacob Miller was a prolific sketcher. He filled many journals with drawings and captions from the time he was studying in Paris and Rome (1833) until the 1870's. The varied interests of Miller are clearly reflected in these sketches: rural sites, studies after Old Master paintings, illustrations of literature, and comical scenes and characters.

This sketch comes from the family album of L. Vernon Miller, which contains works that have passed down through the Miller family directly from the artist.

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  • Title: Drunkard
  • Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874)
  • Date Created: 1810-1874
  • External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
  • Roles: Artist: Alfred Jacob Miller (American, 1810-1874)
  • Provenance: Inherited by L. Vernon Miller, Baltimore [1]; inherited by Katherine B. Miller, Baltimore, 1965; given to Decatur Miller, Baltimore, 1982; given to Walters Art Museum, 1994. [1] passed directly from the artist down through his family.
  • Object Type: drawings
  • Medium: ink, pencil, and wash on paper
  • Inscriptions: [Label] You must move on 'old bottle nose'-the city won't pay you anything for holding up the lamp post
  • Exhibitions: The Recollections of Alfred Jacob Miller. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-1997.
  • Dimensions: H: 5 3/4 x W: 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Decatur and Sally Miller, 1994
  • Classification: Painting & Drawing
  • Accession Number: 37.2674
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