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Edmund Clarence Messer

Benoni Irwin · 1890

Benoni Irwin: American, 1840 - 1896

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Benoni Irwin

Edmund Clarence Messer

1890

pastel on prepared linen mounted to paperboard · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
pastel on prepared linen mounted to paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 75.41 × 63.5 cm (29 11/16 × 25 in.)
Collection no.
2015.19.294
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Edmund Clarence Messer — Benoni Irwin. 1890.

Medium: pastel on prepared linen mounted to paperboard.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 75.41 × 63.5 cm (29 11/16 × 25 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.294. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Edmund Clarence Messer, 1918).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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