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Title: Illustrated memorial album for Mollie Garfield

Date: 1882-1883

Physical Details: 1 sketchbook : various media ; 22 x 18 cm.

Description: Autograph album with tipped in drawings and watercolors by several Century Magazine artists, 1882-1883. Presented to Mollie Garfield after the assassination of her father President James Garfield in 1881. Contains 26 signed pencil sketches, ink drawings, and watercolors of various subjects by different American artists including James Carter Beard, Harry Fenn, William Henry Holmes, Joseph Pennell, and others.

Creator: Unidentified

Forms part of: Mollie Garfield (Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown) papers regarding President James Garfield, 1874-1883

Rights Statement: U.S. public domain

Citation: Illustrated memorial album for Mollie Garfield, 1882-1883. Mollie Garfield (Mary Garfield Stanley-Brown) papers regarding President James Garfield, 1874-1883. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Digital ID: 6814