DrawingsAmerican19th century

Shawangunk Lake, New York (recto and verso)

1861

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

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

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.2 x 22.8 cm (5 9/16 x 9 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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