Child with Christmas Card

Alden Finney Brooks American

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Title: Child with Christmas Card
Artist: Alden Finney Brooks (1840–1932)
Culture: American
Medium: Watercolor, graphite, and gold paint on wove cardboardWatercolor, light scraping to retain whites, graphite underdrawings; gold paint [border]; Stipple rich in face; used a combination of thin washes, layered to enchance and modify color and thick opaque color [red] which has a slight gloss [perhaps coated or combined with gun arabie]; entire sheet is covered
Dimensions: 9 x 6 5/8 in. (22.9 x 16.8 cm)
Credit Line: Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, l989
Object Number: 1989.299
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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