Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2011-19
- Creators:
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Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933
- Dates:
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circa 1880
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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3 Items
watercolor paintings (2.5 linear inches
- Repository:
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Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Three small watercolor paintings by William Henry Holmes depicting women sewing and a man mending sails. Item 2011-19.1 depicts two women sewing on the banks of the Tiber River. item 2011-19.2 ("Bead stringer, Venice") shows a woman sitting in a chair beading. Item 2011-19.3 ("Venice - mending sails") shows a man mending sails. All three paintings were signed to "Clara Saunders" with holiday greetings from Holmes.
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2011-19
Using the Collection
Citation
MS 2011-19, William Henry Holmes watercolors of Italian daily life, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
National Anthropological Archives
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