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Sketch of Wall, Cornice, and Ceiling of Trinity Church, Boston
Sketch of Wall, Cornice, and Ceiling of Trinity Church, Boston

Sketch of Wall, Cornice, and Ceiling of Trinity Church, Boston

John La Farge (American, 1835–1910)
1876
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor, graphite on paper, mounted on a sheet
DimensionsImage: 21.5 x 9.4 cm (8 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 25 x 16.4 cm (9 13/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number12.28
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsRight center in artist's hand: Trinity ceiling / Oct. 1876; on upper mount, left: ceiling, cornice/ wall; bottom: Bottom Wall; right: panels of upper ceiling of Trinity/ with cornice below as proposed to Richardson. 1876ProvenanceHenry Lee Higginson, Boston; acquired January 1912