Drawing
- Title:
- Violets
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1971.016A.20
- Creator:
- Skinner, Esther C. (1866-1960)
- Place of Origin:
- Waltham, MA
- Date:
- 1886
- Description:
- Drawing of Violets, by Esther C. Skinner (1866-1960), 1886. Pencil on paper. One of a group of eight small botanical sketches. Three violets, each identified in pencil: "Blue swamp violet. / Purple hill violet. / White swamp violet." Dated in pencil, top right, "May 7, 1886". Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-7.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Said to have been done at Waltham, MA. Esther C. Skinner (1866-1960) was a resident of Massachusetts and a summer resident of Greenfield, NH, before moving to California.
Esther C. Skinner was the mother of the donor. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Alice Perry Van Boven
- People:
- Skinner, Esther C. (1866-1960)
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