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The Boy and His Dog
- Creator:
- Mary Lincoln Beckwith
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1938
- Materials:
- paper, watercolor
- Measurements:
- overall: 12 in x 18 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0800
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This watercolor on heavy textured paper was painted by President Abraham Lincoln's great-granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Beckwith, also known as Peggy Beckwith. The painting features a country scene with a dirt road in the foreground crossed by a white fence. A young boy is shown sitting on top of the fence apparently watching the small white dog near the lower right corner of the painting. A woman dressed in white is shown standing behind the fence near the boy. A small white building with a red roof and chimney is to the viewer's right. A larger white building appears in the distant background. The date 2/22/38 is handwritten in pencil in the lower right corner of the painting. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum