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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