The Pipe of Peace (recto); Sketch of Village Street (verso)
Medium
Pen and black ink, over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso) on tan wove paper
Dimensions
30.8 × 48.8 cm (12 3/16 × 19 1/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112587
About the Artist
Ebenezer Newman Downard · 1829–1894
Ebenezer Newman Downard (1829–1894) was a British genre and landscape painter, etcher, and illustrator born in Brighton, Sussex, to Henry Downard, a bootmaker, and Charlotte Gower. Growing up in a modest household with several siblings, he attended Middle Street Primary School in Brighton from 1835 to 1840. His early artistic training is not extensively documented, though local records note he lat...