Albert Fitch Bellows (American, 1829–1883). Coaching in New England, ca. 1876. Watercolor and opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper, 24 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (63.2 x 91.1cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus, 06.334 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.334_SL1.jpg)
Albert Fitch Bellows (American, 1829–1883). Coaching in New England, ca. 1876. Watercolor and opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper, 24 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (63.2 x 91.1cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus, 06.334 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.06.334.jpg)
Coaching in New England
Albert Fitch Bellows
American Art
The Brooklyn Museum’s collection of American watercolors was begun in 1906, when this work was acquired in a bequest from the Brooklyn collector Caroline H. Polhemus. Coaching in New England was the work of Albert Fitch Bellows, a practitioner and promoter of watercolor beginning in the late 1860s. To demonstrate that watercolor was as significant and as durable as oil painting, he deliberately produced large and highly finished “exhibition watercolors.” This quaint New England subject was among the most praised works in the 1877 annual exhibition of the American Watercolor Society.
MEDIUM
Watercolor and opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper
DATES
ca. 1876
DIMENSIONS
24 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (63.2 x 91.1cm)
Frame: 29 5/8 x 40 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (75.2 x 102.9 x 6.4 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed lower left: "A. F. Bellows"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
06.334
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Albert Fitch Bellows (American, 1829–1883). Coaching in New England, ca. 1876. Watercolor and opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper, 24 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (63.2 x 91.1cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus, 06.334 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.334_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 06.334_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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