Artwork and Sketchbooks
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bacon, Henry, 1839-1912
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content: Henry Bacon papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet (Box 4-5)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1864-1912
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bacohenr, Series 8
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been scanned in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of eight sketchbooks, pen and ink illustrations, and watercolor sketches.  The majority of the works depict scenes of Bacon's travels through France and Egypy and include figures in costume, desert landscapes, and seascapes.  Also found are two sketches of Bacon, one by J. Carroll Beckwith and one unsigned.