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Boy Skating
George Henry Boughton1860
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This humorous sketch in oil owes much to Boughton's teacher during his time in France, Edouard Frère.
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Details
- Title: Boy Skating
- Creator: George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905)
- Date Created: 1860
- Subject Keywords: children; winter; ice skating; mittens; afraid
- 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: George Henry Boughton (American, 1833-1905)
- Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Object Type: drawings
- Medium: oil on paper
- Inscriptions: [Signature and date] Lower right: G.H.B. 60
- Exhibitions: A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006., Drawings by the Artists from the Ecouen School. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1993-1994.
- Dimensions: H: 5 7/8 x W: 4 13/16 in. (14.9 x 12.3 cm)
- Credit Line: Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters (?)
- Classification: Painting & Drawing
- Accession Number: 37.1561
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