Storage Trunk, Tent (Bedroom)
Object Label
Frances “Fanny” Palmer was a professional artist who worked for the famous printmaking firm of Currier & Ives for twenty years. Although watercolor was considered a polite accomplishment for genteel women—what an 1856 writer referred to as a “husband-catcher”—it was rare for a woman to have an artistic career in the mid-nineteenth century. This picture of a handsome Neoclassical mansion on Fulton Street in Brooklyn demonstrates Palmer’s deft control of the watercolor medium and her eye for anecdotal detail.
Caption
Toland Grinnell American, born 1969. Storage Trunk, Tent (Bedroom), 2001. Mixed media construction, 60 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (154.3 x 43.8 x 74.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mario Palumbo, 2007.19.1. © artist or artist's estate
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Storage Trunk, Tent (Bedroom)
Portfolio
Date
2001
Medium
Mixed media construction
Classification
Dimensions
60 3/4 x 17 1/4 x 29 1/2 in. (154.3 x 43.8 x 74.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mario Palumbo
Accession Number
2007.19.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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