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URL: web-kiosk.scrippscollege.edu/objects-1/info/15939

William Ladd Taylor, American, (1854–1926)
By the Smoky Town, 1887
Watercolor on Paper
16 9/16 in. x 12 in. (42.07 cm x 30.48 cm)


Object Type: Painting
Technique: Painting
Credit Line: Scripps College, Claremont, CA
Accession Number: 78.7.1


Exhibitions
"New Acquisitions 1977-78," Montgomery Gallery, 1/27/79-3/7/79

Marks
Written in lower left, in ink: "Song of the river dark and foul by the smoky town in its murky cowl"

Medium
Grisaille watercolor paint, on white paper.

Object Description
Ninteenth century watercolor painting of a woman and child in a bleak setting. The woman looks back at the viewer, and the child has her back to the viewer.

Provenance
Acquired from the Children's Gallery in Boston, 1977/78.

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