Bishop Hill: Bed
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 32.7 x 24.9 cm (12 7/8 x 9 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 52" high; 66 1/2" long; 47 1/2" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.8712
About the Artist
Wellington Blewett
**Wellington Blewett (1875–1962)** was a Canadian-born American artist renowned for his meticulous watercolor renderings of everyday American folk objects. Active primarily in the late 1930s, Blewett contributed significantly to the Index of American Design, a Federal Art Project under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that sought to document the nation's vernacular artistic heritage through...