Ghost of Sergeant Pelly
George Bellows
1918
Medium
charcoal, gray wash, and graphite with brush and black ink on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 45.72 x 59.37 cm (18 x 23 3/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Alexandra and Michael N. Altman
Accession Number
2011.65.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
George Bellows · 1882–1925
George Wesley Bellows was born on August 12, 1882, in Columbus, Ohio, the only child of building contractor George Bellows Sr. and Anna Smith Bellows, with an older half-sister, Laura. A talented athlete who excelled in baseball and basketball at Ohio State University from 1901 to 1904, Bellows illustrated for the school yearbook before rejecting a professional baseball contract to pursue art. In ...