Bishop Hill: Cradle
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 29.7 x 23.9 cm (11 11/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 27" high; 45 1/2" long, 13" wide
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3900
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...