Sketchy Face; verso: Boy's Head
DrawingsAmerican19th century

Sketchy Face; verso: Boy's Head

c. 1845-1847

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

9.4 x 5.6 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/16 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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