DrawingsAmerican19th century

Catawissa, Pennsylvania; verso: Faint Landscape

1852

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The faint landscape on the verso is oriented vertically to the book.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on slightly darkened off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.4 x 22.2 cm (5 11/16 x 8 3/4 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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