Buttonwood Tree, Cambridge
March 31, 1875
19th Century
7 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Willard Leroy Metcalf,
American,
(July 1, 1858–March 9, 1925)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
graphite (pencil) on wove paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.95
Metcalf had his first art training as a wood engraver in Boston in the mid 1870s. Then studied with George Loring Brown, in the traditions of the European school. Later Metcalf studied at the new art school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.