Samuel P. Avery Transporting His Treasures Across the Sea

Theodore Wust American

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Thomas Nast American, born Germany

Sitter Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. American

ca. 1875–80

Not on view

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Title: Samuel P. Avery Transporting His Treasures Across the Sea
Artist: Theodore Wust (American, Frankfurt 1853?–1915 Alsace)
Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil)
Sitter: Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (American, New York 1822–1904 New York)
Date: ca. 1875–80
Medium: Graphite, ink and gouache on gray paper
Dimensions: sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 1/2 in. (40.9 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Amy and Emma Welcher and Alice Welcher Erickson, 1967
Object Number: 67.844.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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