Gray’s Elegy (New York Sketch Club)
Item
Title
Gray’s Elegy (New York Sketch Club)
Creator
James Henry Cafferty
American, 1819–1869
American, 1819–1869
Date
1853
Materials
Ink on paper
Description
Beginning in 1840s, James Henry Cafferty worked as portrait, landscape, and genre painter. He was also a member of the New York Sketch Club, which formed in 1829 and hosted informal meetings where artists would sketch on a chosen theme. As apparent from Cafferty’s inscription, the subject on February 26, 1853, was devoted to Thomas Gray’s 1751 poem “Elegy Written in Country Church Yard.” The New York Times reported that club gatherings in December 1854 and May 1855 were held in Cafferty’s studio.
Source
The John Driscoll American Drawings Collection
Identifier
2018.105
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses may not be permitted.