National Gallery of Art · Drawing
A Sprig of Plums
William Michael Harnett
- Date
- 1873
- Medium
- charcoal and black chalk with stumping and scratching out on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 33.5 x 23 cm (13 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1985.64.98
- Credit line
- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Time span
- 1851 to 1875
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- American
- still life
- still
- Fruit
- Realist
Inscription
lower right in pen and black ink: WMH (in monogram) ARNETT / 1873
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