Whale Oil Lamp
c. 1940
Medium
watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper
Dimensions
overall: 34.9 x 24.4 cm (13 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 3/4" high; 8 1/2" in diameter
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.12392
About the Artist
William O. Fletcher
William O. Fletcher is represented in museum collections by a body of work that demonstrates consistent artistic output and the kind of sustained production that distinguishes professional or semi-professional practice from occasional art-making. While his biographical details remain unrecorded in the sources readily available to researchers — his dates, nationality, and training all currently unk...