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

(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. 1876
ProvenanceHenry Lee Higginson, Boston; acquired January 1912