Fair Emily

1792·Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on oval-shaped ivory paper, laid down on laid paper·23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Catalogue

Year: 1792
Medium: Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor, over traces of graphite, on oval-shaped ivory paper, laid down on laid paper
Dimensions: 23.8 × 17.5 cm (9 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Henry James

Artist

Henry James

Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.

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