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
About the Artist
George Bellows
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 ...