Study of Sailboats (from Sketchbook)

Henry Ward Ranger

Date unknown · Graphite, ink, on paper · The American Wing

This sketchbook contains thirty-one undated drawings in graphite and ink of Noank and Lyme, Connecticut subjects. Beginning in 1899, Ranger became a leading member of the artists’ colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut, where a group of painters influenced by the Barbizon and impressionist styles gathered in the summer at the home of Florence Griswold. Ranger later acquired a country home in Noank, on Long Island Sound, near New London, Connecticut, and did much of his sketching there.

Artist

Henry Ward Ranger

Date

Date unknown

Medium

Graphite, ink, on paper

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Frederick K. Detwiller, 1930