"Buying a Bouquet"

Benjamin Osro Eggleston

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Benjamin Osro Eggleston (American, 1867–1937). "Buying a Bouquet", 1894. Pen and ink on paper, sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.8 x 19.1 cm) image: 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. Clark S. Marlor, 77.109.6. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

"Buying a Bouquet"

Date

1894

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. (23.8 x 19.1 cm) image: 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right below image in ink: "Benjamin Eggleston / '94"

Inscriptions

Inscribed lower left in graphite: "Buying a Boquet [sic]"

Markings

Embossed stamp in upper right, oval containing crown in center surrounded by "REYNOLDS'S / BRISTOL BOARD"

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Clark S. Marlor

Accession Number

77.109.6

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