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Allegorical Figure of the Mississippi River, study for Wisconsin

Allegorical Figure of the Mississippi River, study for Wisconsin

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Edwin Howland Blashfield

Artist
Edwin Howland Blashfield
(American, 1848 - 1936)
Title
Allegorical Figure of the Mississippi River, study for Wisconsin
Date
1908
Medium
Charcoal with white chalk on wove paper
Dimensions
38 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. Overall
Credit
Transfer from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Accession No.
61.3.1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
United States

Related

After 1908, collection of the Albright Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY); by 1961, acquired by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Madison, WI); 1961, transferred to the University of Wisconsin – Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Rajer, Anton. "Edwin Blashfield's Drawing of 'The Mississippi River' for the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Mural." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin 1992-1993. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1993). p. 5, no. 1
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin 1991-1993." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1994. p. 5

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