Pewter Mug
Charles Cullen
c. 1936
Medium
graphite on paperboard
Dimensions
overall: 28.9 x 23.4 cm (11 3/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 1/2" high; 4" in diameter
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.13119
About the Artist
Charles Cullen
Charles Cullen (1888–1939) was an American illustrator and graphic artist whose career bridged the worlds of literary publishing and federal art projects during the Great Depression. Born on December 19, 1887, in LeRoy, New York—southwest of Rochester—he was the sixth of seven children to Matthew Cullen, an Irish immigrant engineer born in 1854, and Ellen, who was Canadian-born. The family relocat...