John Henry Twachtman Catalogue Raisonné
An online catalogue by Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D., in collaboration with the Greenwich Historical Society
Catalogue Entry
D.1418
Charcoal Sketch after Gloucester
ca. 1900
Charcoal on paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (8.9 x 13.3 cm)
Inscribed upper right: 25 x 30
Private collection
Provenance
by descent in the family to present collection, 1990.
Commentary
One of the twenty-four charcoal sketches Twachtman sent to his son Alden, recording paintings he created in Gloucester in the summer of 1900, this drawing depicts Gloucester (OP.1408), an oil on canvas representing a view from Banner Hill across Wonson's Cove toward Rocky Neck, with the town of Gloucester in the distance. In the drawing, above the image, Twachtman wrote the painting's dimensions accurately (height before width): "25 x 30."