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Artist
J. and Son Thoreau
Date1825-1860
Dimensions15.23 × 0.64 cm (6 × 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." "2".
Credit Line#2 Pencil, J. Thoreau and Son, Concord, MA, 1825-1860. Concord Museum Collection, Gift of Mrs. Herbert B. Hosmer; Th106c.
Object numberTH106C
Description#2 pencil. Slim, cedar casing; square graphite center. Sharpened.With one exception, the pencils in the Museum collection are all made the same way. The case, 6 1/2