DrawingsAmerican19th century

Mountain Landscape near Gaeta, Italy; verso: Standing Figure with Sword

1857

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The drawing on the verso is oriented vertically to the book.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

8.8 x 14.6 cm (3 7/16 x 5 3/4 in.)

Provenance

By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

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