Reward of Merit
1821
John Cheney
Artist, American, 1801 - 1885
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 9.68 × 15.24 cm (3 13/16 × 6 in.)
sheet: 13.18 × 20.32 cm (5 3/16 × 8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.904
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Cheney Family; Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Inscriptions
text at bottom in plate:
2'd Plate. / J. Cheney Sc. 1828 / REWARD OF MERIT / To M / from h teacher
Wikidata ID
Q77013107