Old Lyme Landscapes Collection
c. 1920
20th Century
Benjamin Eggleston,
(1867–1937)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
graphite on paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Dr. Clark S. Marlor
Accession Number:
1978.57
A collection of graphite, pastel and colored pencil drawings of the Lyme landscape circa 1920. They are all stamped on the back: "Estate of Benjamin Eggleston, 1867-1937." There is also one photograph of his studio. In 1928 Eggleston had a summer home and studio in Old Lyme, Connecticut "where he fines suggestions for many of his best landscape productions" Long Island Life Magazine, August 1928.