Whale Oil Lamp Filler
Harry King
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 24.6 x 35.5 cm (9 11/16 x 14 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.10653
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Harry King · 1917–2001
**Harry King (1917–2001)** was an American artist best known for his precise watercolor and graphite renderings of American folk art and decorative objects. Working primarily in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he contributed to the Index of American Design, a federal project under the Works Progress Administration that documented historic American craftsmanship through detailed illustrations. His ...