This original graphite drawing by (signed) Margaret Whittemore (1897-1983) titled "Building at Fort Leavenworth used as First Territorial Capitol" measures 6.75x8.25, in good condition with some toning and some of image appears to matted over. Total dimensions are 13.5x16.5x1. It's signed "Margaret Whittemore" in lower left, initialed "MW" center left, and titled across the bottom. Whittemore was born September 7, 1897, in Topeka, Kansas, Margaret Whittemore was the daughter of Luther D. Whittemore, a professor of Latin and education at Washburn University, and Frances Davis Whittemore, director of its art department. She earned a degree in 1919 from Washburn University, and studied graphic arts at the Art Institute of Chicago and Taos Art Colony in New Mexico. She developed a reputation as a writer, graphic artist, illustrator, and block printer. Whittemore worked as an artist in the Works Progress Administration museum extension program and created a series of prints depicting Kansas landmarks. She was a member of the Prairie Print Makers, formed in 1930 in Lindsborg, at the studio of artist Birger Sandzen.

good condition with some toning and some of image appears to matted over

2.5 lb