Title: The Recording of Precedents: Confucius and His Pupils Collate and Transcribe Documents in Their Favorite Grove; Color Study for Mural, Supreme Court Room, Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul
Object type: Watercolor
Date: 1903
Culture: American
Artist:  John La Farge 
Artist bio: American, New York 1835–1910 Providence, Rhode Island
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gouache, watercolor, gum arabic, and graphite on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 7 x 10 5/8 in. (17.8 x 27 cm)
Credit line: Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Writing