JAMES A. GARFIELD (1831-1881)

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U.S. President 1881
 Selections from the Archives of American Art

 

one page of twenty-six signed sketches by American artists, presented to Mollie Garfield following the assassination of her father, President James A. Garfield (37348 bytes)
 From the Mollie Garfield autograph and art album, 1882-1883, one page of twenty-six signed sketches by American artists, presented to Mollie Garfield following the assassination of her father, President James A. Garfield. This sketch, dated July 1883, is by the painter William Henry Holmes (1846-1933), who served as the Smithsonian's Curator of the National Gallery of Art from 1907 to 1920, and as its director from 1920 to 1932. Watercolor on paper, 18 x 21.5 cm. Mollie Garfield autograph and art album, 1882-1883.


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