Bishop Hill: Seal
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 40.6 x 35.5 cm (16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high; seal: 1 3/8" in diameter; top: 2" in diameter
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.3911
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...