John

David Hunter Strother1859

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

Strother, a native of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), trained in New York and later in France and Italy. Returning to America in 1844, he spent a winter in Baltimore, and then settled in Martinsburg. Strother specialized in illustrations for books and magazines, most notably "Harper's Monthly."

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Title: John
Creator: David Hunter Strother (American, 1816-1888)
Date Created: 1859
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: David Hunter Strother (American, 1816-1888)
Provenance: Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: graphite on cream colored, thin, moderately textured wove paper
Inscriptions: [Inscription] Bottom center: John / March 17th, 1859
Exhibitions: A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006., Portraits Re-Examined: Dawoud Bey Project. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008-2009.
Dimensions: H: 5 3/16 x W: 3 1/4 in. (13.1 x 8.3 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.1969

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