DrawingsAmerican19th century

Encampment at Black Oak Bottom; verso: Two Men in Rocky Forest; Figure Leaning Over a Rock

July 3, 1860

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

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

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and white gouache on darkened off-white wove paper; verso: graphite

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14 x 24.2 cm (5 1/2 x 9 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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