Illustration for Robert Browning's "Evelyn Hope"

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Illustration for Robert Browning's "Evelyn Hope"

James Wells Champney (American, 1843–1903)

1866

Medium/Technique Pen and ink with graphite on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 14.6 x 13.6 cm (5 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number2009.4797

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

InscriptionsVerso: in ink, center: Supposed to be an/ attempt to illustrate/ Robert Browning's/ Evelyn Hope --/ Drawn July 1866--/ J

ProvenanceBy 1949, C. Richard Whittmore, House of Whittemore, Westboro, MA; 1950, sold by Whittmore to Maxim Karolik (b. 1893–d. 1963), Newport, RI; 1964, bequest of Karolik to the MFA. (Accession date: November 4, 2009)