About the Artwork
The Water was Deep
late 19th century
Edward Windsor Kemble
1861-1991
American
Unknown
Pen and black ink on paper
Sheet: 10 × 13 5/8 inches (25.4 × 34.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Charles E. Feinberg
55.508
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed and dated, n black ink, lower right of image: Kemble | 87
Inscribed, in pen and black ink, upper left: a9397 Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: Two Kentucky Gentlemen Inscribed, lower center: not this Inscribed, lower right: Page 25 Inscribed, lower right: hr Inscribed, lower center, under image: 5 1/4 in | "de water was deep and de curren' tol'ble swif." Inscribed, in blue crayon, lower half of sheet, verso: 11 x 7 | Deep Water | (Two Ky Gentlemen) | -(30.00)
White sticker, in black type, upper left: 1111
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Charles E. Feinberg
1955-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Edward Windsor Kemble, The Water was Deep, late 19th century, pen and black ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Charles E. Feinberg, 55.508.
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