The Third Class Carriage, Henry SommThe Third Class Carriage
Henry Somm (François Clément Sommier) was a serious painter who participated in the impressionist exhibitions organized by the dealer Paul Durand-Ruel between 1879 and 1889. He supported himself, however, by illustrating popular French humor magazines. Although he was extremely talented, as is apparent in this sketch, he has been overlooked by posterity, partly because his subjects were of transitory interest.
Unknown date
pen and ink on beige paper (darkened with age as indicated by lighter areas along edges), tipped in mat; in a French mat
Dimensions Height: 19.05 cm (7.5 in). Width: 26.67 cm (10.5 in).
Walters Art Museum
Accession number 37.2799
Place of creation France
Object history
Joseph F. McCrindle (1923-2008), New York, #A1006
Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, New York, 2008, by bequest
2009: given to Walters Art Museum
Exhibition history Expanding Horizons: Recent Additions to the Drawings Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2010.
Credit line Gift of the Joseph F. McCrindle Collection, 2009
Inscriptions [Signature] H Somm
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