DRAWING

Description: PEN & INK SKETCH ON WHITE PAPER; PROFILE OF CHILD'S HEAD. IN INK AT TOP IS "E. F HAGELL CLASS L NO 451 THE HEAD (NO 2)". INSTRUCTOR'S COMMENTS IN GREEN INK THROUGHOUT; ALONG WITH PENCIL DIAGRAM OF FACE AT RIGHT. HANDWRITTEN NOTE IN PENCIL AT BOTTOM READS "MR. LANDON I AM TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY OF ASKING YOU IF YOU WOULD CRITICISE OTHER DRAWINGS BESIDES LESSONS? AS I HAVE A FEW I WOULD LIKE YOUR OPINION OF." RESPONSE IN GREEN INK READS "DON'T SEND IN TOO MANY AS I AM VERY BUSY WITH LESSONS. THE CHIEF OBJECTION TO THIS IS THAT THE PUPIL GETS AHEAD OF THE LESSONS & DOES NOT GIVE THE NECESSARY PRACTICE TO LESSONS ON HAND." PAPER HAS SEVERAL CREASES FROM FOLDING; PIN HOLES AT CORNERS.

History: ITEMS P19960053162-GA TO P19960053166-GA WERE PACKAGED TOGETHER IN UNMARKED FOLDER. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS DONATIONS PERTAINING TO EDWARD FREDERICK HAGELL. SEE RECORD P19960053001 FOR AN EXTENDED BIOGRAPHY OF THE ARTIST; SEE PERMANENT FILES P19960053001, P20040009001, P20060027001, P20070008001, AND P20070012001 FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, DETAILS ON PAST GALT DIRECTOR/CURATOR WILMA WOOD'S BOOK ON THE ARTIST, AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HAGELL FAMILY.