DrawingsAmerican19th century

Two Landscapes; verso: Two Figures with Umbrellas

1852

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

One of the landscapes on the recto is horizontally oriented and one is vertically oriented to the page.

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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