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Upright Harp/Piano

Upright Harp/Piano by William High

Medium

watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard

Dimensions

overall: 44.2 x 36.7 cm (17 3/8 x 14 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 54" wide; 36" deep; 53" high

Classification

Index of American Design

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Index of American Design

Accession Number

1943.8.12715

Rights

Public Domain

About the Artist

William High · 1876–1995

William High (1876–date unknown) was an American artist whose surviving body of work consists of nine meticulously detailed watercolor illustrations created for the Index of American Design. His early life, training, and personal circumstances remain sparsely recorded, with no known details of teachers, art schools, or family background emerging from historical sources. Born in 1876, he appears in...

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