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Illustration to "Emigrants Transatlantic Sketchbook"

(English, 1836–1875)
Medium/TechniquePencil sketch
DimensionsSheet: 12.7 x 9.5 cm (5 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.2345
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
Illustrations (figure sketches) to "Between Decks in an Emigrant Ship - Feeding Time," from "Graphic America," November 30, 1872.
Arthur Boyd Houghton
Figure studies from the Transatlantic Sketchbook, 1869: Emigrants
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1869
Figure studies from the Transatlantic Sketchbook, 1869: Three figures seen from the back: man with cape; man and woman in shawl with her right arm on his shoulder; and ship rigging
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1869
Figure studies from the Transatlantic Sketchbook, 1869: Studies include women holding baby; upper portion of youth facing right; lower legs of man; and part of ship
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1869
Figure studies from the Transatlantic Sketchbook, 1869: A couple (Mr. and Mrs. Jones?); he is portly, she rests her head on his left shoulder
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1869
Study of Bearded Man, Facing Right and Looking Down
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1856–75
Profile of Man, Facing Left
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1856–75
Figure studies from the Transatlantic Sketchbook, 1869: Seated young woman holding magazine, and two profile heads of men, facing left
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1869
Figure study from the Transatlantic Sketchbook, 1869: Seated man facing left, his arm in strap
Arthur Boyd Houghton
1869
"Seated young woman and two male heads in profile. Figure studies from the transatlantic sketchbook, 1869" Illustrations reproduced in "Artists on Horseback" by P. Hogarth; New York, 1972, p.53
Arthur Boyd Houghton
Illustration to "Steerage Emigrants" in "Graphic America," March 19, 1870
Arthur Boyd Houghton
Illustrations (figure sketches) to "Between Deck in an Emigrant Ship - Feeding Time," from "Graphic America," November 30, 1872.
Arthur Boyd Houghton