Boy Reading
| Title | Boy Reading |
|---|---|
| Artist | William Sidney Mount |
| Date | c. 1850s 19th century |
| Medium | pen and brown ink on wove paper |
| Classification | Drawing |
| Holding institution | National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
| Credit line | Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert McIntyre, 1947) |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Boy Reading” is a work by William Sidney Mount, dated c. 1850s. It is executed in pen and brown ink on wove paper and classified as drawing. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Dated to c. 1850s. Explore the wider set of works from the 19th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the National Gallery of Art (Washington) open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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