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The image displays a rustic wooden stand with a vertical post holding a circular metal ring embellished with six evenly spaced bell-shaped objects. The color scheme includes muted earth tones such as browns and greens, with metallic touches on the bells. The stand is placed at the center, situated on an unevenly shaped wooden base. The bells encircle the ring symmetrically. The background is a neutral shade of off-white or light beige.
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The image displays a rustic wooden stand with a vertical post holding a circular metal ring embellished with six evenly spaced bell-shaped objects. The color scheme includes muted earth tones such as browns and greens, with metallic touches on the bells. The stand is placed at the center, situated on an unevenly shaped wooden base. The bells encircle the ring symmetrically. The background is a neutral shade of off-white or light beige.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Altar Chimes

Geoffrey Holt and Harry Mann Waddell

Date
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 24.5 cm (14 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 2'4"high; diam. of wheel, 1'5/8"; See data sheet for details.
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.6944
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • San Luis Obispo
  • American
  • Spanish Southwest
Inscription

lower right in black ink: Geoffrey Holt / and / HARRY MANN WADDELL

NGA object ID 19144. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.