Collector

Drawing shows a public documents civil servant asleep before a fireplace. He leans on the back two legs of his chair. Bayard Taylor made at extensive trips to Europe between 1844 his death in 1879.Inscribed over mantel: pub docs.Original title: A collector of customs.See DRWG/US - Taylor, no. 38 (A size).Gift; Charles F. Heartman; 1922; (DLC/PP-46411a)