Sketches of Figures; verso: Hill and Ocean
DrawingsAmerican19th century

Sketches of Figures; verso: Hill and Ocean

1864

Artists

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

Dimensions

22.5 x 13.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 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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