Learn more about the history
of the Peabody Art Collection
The
Peabody Art Collection Works on Paper
Browse the Collection by:The Peabody Art Collection contains approximately 1100 Works on Paper, including simple pencil sketches and pen and ink drawings, some created as studies for larger works of art completed in oil, as well as more intricate and complete watercolor compositions.
During the 1930s, a narrowing of the Peabody Institute's mission forced the closure of the art gallery and the works on paper collection was placed on deposit at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where it has remained. In 1996, the Maryland Commission on Artistic Property became the custodian of the collection when the state of Maryland assumed ownership of the Peabody Art Collections.
Learn more about the history
of the Peabody Art Collection
Search the Baltimore Museum of Art and Walter's Art Gallery's collection of french drawings.
Summary of the 2001 Conservation Assessment of The Peabody Collection
Learn more about philanthropist George
Peabody, founder of the Peabody Institute
Experience the online exhibitions, From Private Fortunes to Public Gifts:
Treasures of the Peabody Art Collection of the Maryland State Archives
2001 installation
2002 installation
Experience an online exhibition, "A
Taste for the Fine Arts": George Peabody's Gift to Maryland, installed
at Government House in 1998-1999
The Peabody Collection is an Official Project of Save America's
Treasures
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