DrawingsAmerican19th century

Sketches of Seated and Reclining Soldiers; verso: Partial Rockaway Beach Scene

1854 - 1861

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The drawing on the verso is made with a vertical orientation to the page. It is drawn upside down from the orientation of the book.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.3 x 10.5 cm (6 x 4 1/8 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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