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Sketchbook -- Disegui Funghi (Mushrooms)

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1906
Accession number: 92.19
Maker: Elihu Vedder(Opens in new tab) (American, 1836–1923)
Dimensions: book: 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (8.9 x 14.6 cm.)
Medium: ink, crayon, and graphite on paper
Description: This sketchbook is bound in green leather. On the front, an adhesive label is inscribed in ink: 'E. Vedder / disegui funghi / (mushrooms)'. The clasp is embossed in gold: 'Elihu Vedder from William Rinehart.' William Rinehart (1825-1874), like Vedder, was an American ex-patriot living in Italy. A sculptor, Rinehart made Italy his home from 1858 until his death in Rome in 1874. The inside front cover of the book has a cut-out pencilled design around the name/word 'Bordigher' attached. Beneath this, written in black ink is 'See other beautiful drawings / Elihu Vedder's note book / mushrooms (Funghi disegui)'.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds from the Virginia Steele Scott Foundation
Department: American Art
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This sketchbook is bound in green leather. On the front, an adhesive label is inscribed in ink: 'E. Vedder/ disegui funghi/ (mushrooms)'. The clasp is embossed in gold: 'Elihu Vedder from William Rinehart.' (William Rinehart (1825-1874), like Vedder, was an American ex-patriot living in Italy. A sculptor, Rinehart made Italy his home from 1858 until his death in Rome in 1874.) The inside front cover of the book has a cut-out pencilled design around the name/word 'Bordigher' attached. Beneath this, written in black ink is 'See other beautiful drawings/ Elihu Vedder's note book/ mushrooms (Funghi disegui)'.

Sketchbook -- Disegui Funghi (Mushrooms)

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