Creator |
Peacock, Abigail A., 1864-1927, artist. |
Title |
Caught [graphic]. |
Publisher |
[Haddonfield, N.J.] |
Publisher |
N.J. Haddonfield. 1883 |
Date |
April 13, 1883 |
Physical Description |
1 drawing : ink ; sheet 30 x 36 cm (11.75 x 14 in.) |
Description |
Drawing depicting a young white girl, in front of a small garden of flower bushes, and holding up a flower to her mother who
stands in the doorway of a residence. In the left, the girl holds a flower up with her right hand near a basket of picked
flowers and several flowers lying on the ground. In the right, in the doorway the mother, portrayed with an expression of
dismay on her face, raises both her hands up. Image also includes a residence in the left background.
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Notes |
Title and date from item. |
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Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020. |
Biographical / historical note |
Abigail "Abbie" A. Peacock (1864-1927) was an artist who trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1880-1884.
A resident of Friends Insane Asylum, Philadelphia by 1900, Peacock later was a resident of the Camden County Hospital for
the Insane beginning in 1905.
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Subject |
Dwellings -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield. |
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Flowers -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield. |
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Girls -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield. |
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Mothers -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield. |
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Surprise. |
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Women -- New Jersey -- Haddonfield. |
Genre |
Ink drawings -- 1880-1890. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2020.40.14] |
Accession number |
P.2020.40.14 |