Toddy Ladle
Douglas Campbell
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 38 x 50.8 cm (14 15/16 x 20 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.9658
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Douglas Campbell · 1855–present
Douglas Campbell was an American artist active around 1935 whose precise watercolor renderings form part of one of the most ambitious documentary art projects of the Great Depression era. His early life is not well documented, and no records of formal training or specific teachers have come to light. What survives of his output consists of highly detailed studies created for the Index of American ...