Pope's Casino, Vatican Gardens
Sir Muirhead Bone
c. 1910/1915
Medium
charcoal on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 21.7 x 33.7 cm (8 9/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mortimer Brandt, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.110.3
About the Artist
Sir Muirhead Bone
Sir Muirhead Bone (1876–1953), born David Muirhead Bone in Partick, Glasgow, to a journalist father and descended from a family of printers, showed early artistic promise. Apprenticed at fourteen first as a porcelain painter and then as an architect's draughtsman for four years, he honed his draughtsmanship while attending evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art under teachers Archibald Kay a...