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Sketchbook ("Ledger Book") with 37 drawings

Native American, possibly Kiowa
1880s–90s
Object Place: Plains

Medium/Technique Graphite pencil and colored pencils on paper
Dimensions 23.81 x 19.05 cm (9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); Legacy dimension: 9 1/16 x 7 1/4 in. (page size)
Credit Line Gift of the Grandchildren of Lucretia McIlvain Shoemaker and the M. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession Number1994.428
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionGreen cloth-covered sketchbook, stamped in black with Egyptian revival designs and the word "Album"
ProvenanceAlfred C. Markley (b. 1843 - d. 1926) and Rebecca Conard Markley (b. 1845 - d. 1928), Pennsylvania; to Lewis Foulke Shoemaker (b. 1867 - d. 1931) and his wife, Lucretia McIlvain Shoemaker (b. 1867 - d. 1965), Lansdowne, PA; by descent to their grandchildren, Edward, Mary Lucretia, and Anne Shoemaker; 1994, year-end gift of Edward, Mary Lucretia, and Anne Shoemaker to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 1995)