Henry Bonaventure Monnier
French, 1799 or 1805–1877
The Letter of Recommendation
1837
| Medium | watercolor and gouache heightening on paper, varnished |
| Dimensions | Overall: 7 5/16 x 9 7/16 in. (18.6 x 23.9 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1703 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Henry Bonaventure Monnier, The Letter of Recommendation, 1837, watercolor and gouache heightening on paper, varnished. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1703
Select Bibliography
Ludig, Sandra G. Between the Lines: Ladies and Letters at the Clark. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1982.
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
Provenance
Knoedler, Paris (bought by Robert Sterling Clark, 1925).
