Edwin Dikinson
Miss Angell
Catalogue no. 843
1931
Buffalo, NY
Pencil on paper
19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (50.2 x 34.9 cm)
Signed, inscribed, dated upper left: "E W Dickinson / Buffalo 1931
The Buffalo Seminary
Photo: Biff Henrich
Notes
Drawn in Buffalo, NY, March 17, 25, 27, (journal). Letters to FD, March 4, "Got a 34/52 yesterday for
Miss Angell which began this AM." March 9, "Miss Angle [sic] has been ill but I start soon." March 12,
"Not going to do an oil of Miss Angel [sic]. A drawing of her with still life composed around it like sister's
[Sawyer]". March 26, "P.M. Miss Angell (good start)." March 27, Miss Angell at 1 . . . she had lectured on
Emily Dickinson. March 28, ". . . drawing an elab [elaborate] drapery, books, magazines, rose, globe etc
around Angell's head. Had little time on her therefore her head looks like a smokey [sic] one blown in
amongst the still life". March 30, worked on Miss Angell. To EHS/AWS, June 30, 1931, He "far from
saatisfied about the drawing, a great disappointment to me failing on that one. I cant do the drawing again;
I suggest this for you and Mrs. Hoyt to think over & accept if wish: pitch the drawing & take the 25/30
'Coast at Wellfleet' instead." He feels an attached brass plaate could be affixed to commemorate Miss
Angell's 25 years.
Provenance
The Buffalo Seminary
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Citation: Dickinson Baldwin, Helen. "Miss Angell, 1931 (Catalogue no. 843)." In The Edwin Dickinson Catalogue Raisonné. www.edwindickinson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=843 (accessed on July 17, 2026).