On View
Not on viewPencils
Artist
J. and Son Thoreau
Date1850-1860
Dimensions16.5 × 0.64 cm (6 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "A piece of Shanty at Walden (missing?)/ Pencil Box - pasteboard/ Leads/ 13 Thoreau pencils/ From the Thoreau Collection/ of/ Alfred A. Hosmer/ Gift of Herbert B. Hosmer". Stamped "J. Thoreau & Son, Concord Mass." "3".
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Herbert B. Hosmer (1949)
Object numberTH106b
DescriptionNo. 3. Slim, cedar casing; square graphite center. Imperfect; large gouge in side. Sharpened.With one exception, the pencils in the Museum collection are all made the same way. The case, 6 1/2