Frederick Gifford on Tree Branch; verso: Two Landscapes and Partial Landscape
DrawingsAmerican19th century

Frederick Gifford on Tree Branch; verso: Two Landscapes and Partial Landscape

1851

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The two smaller landscapes on the verso are drawn with the book oriented vertically.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Graphite and white chalk on brown wove paper
Culture
American
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.2 x 22 cm (5 9/16 x 8 11/16 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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