DrawingsAmerican19th century

Sketchy Landscape with Trees and Figure; verso: Study of a Soldier in Profile

1861

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The drawing on the verso is made with the page vertically oriented.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

10.5 x 15.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 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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