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Bound Angel

by Elihu Vedder

1891
White chalk and black Conte crayon on bluish-green, moderately thick, slightly textured woven paper
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (29.2 x 22.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Vedder, Elihunotes
In this finished drawing, which demonstrates his masterful skill in the medium of charcoal, Elihu Vedder established the pose central to his Symbolist painting titled Soul in Bondage. In contrast to the finished paintings fantastic, imaginary backdrop of arcing tonal bands, Vedder employed a more naturalistic setting here. It was perhaps the placid...
Boy Reading: Ned Anshutz

by Thomas Anshutz

ca. 1900
oil on canvas
38 1/16 x 27 1/16 in. (96.7 x 68.8 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Anshutz, Thomas 
Bridge at Soissons

by Joseph Pennell

19th century
Watercolor
8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Pennell, Joseph 
Bridge in Ireland

by John White Alexander

Watercolor and ink on paper
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (19.7 x 32.1 cm) Image: 6 11/16 x 11 5/8 in. (17 x 29.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Alexander, John White 
Bridge of Sighs

by John Singer Sargent

1904
Watercolor on paper
25.4 x 35.6 m (10 x 14 in.)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Sargent, John Singernotes
Photo The Bridge of Sighs Notes: Exhibitions John Singer Sargent, An Exhibition -- Whitney Museum, NY & The Art Institute of Chicago 1986-1987
Brooklyn Bridge

by Joseph Pennell

before 1921
Transparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on gray-blue, moderately thick, rough and pitted-textured woven paper
13 5/8 x 10 1/16 in. (34.6 x 25.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Pennell, Josephnotes
Having established himself in London as an etcher of urban architectural views, Joseph Pennell returned to the United States in 1917 and turned his attention to watercolors of New York subjects. This work is probably one of a series of twenty views titled Out of a Brooklyn Window that Pennell exhibited in the Brooklyn Museum’s 1921 watercolor...
Brooklyn Bridge at Night

by Joseph Pennell

1922
Aquatint in black ink on cream, light-weight, slightly textured laid paper
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (21.3 x 26.7 cm) Image: 7 3/8 x 8 13/16 in. (18.7 x 22.4 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Pennell, Josephnotes
After many year abroad, Joseph Pennell settled in Brooklyn Heights in 1921. His upper-story apartment afforded magnificent views of New York, its waterways, and its bridges—all of which were regular subjects in his art. Pennell achieved the tenebrous effects of this work with aquatint, an etching technique in which the picture is conceived in tone...
Brooklyn City

by Antonio Jacobsen

1886
oil on canvas
22 x 36 in. (55.9 x 91.4 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Jacobsen, Antonio 
Cactus In Blossom

by William Sidney Mount

1857
Oil on board
6 7/16 x 7 3/16 in. (16.4 x 18.2 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Mount, William Sidney 
Calla Lily

by Fidelia Bridges

1875
Watercolor on paper
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 24.5 cm.)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

Bridges, Fidelia 
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