DrawingsAmerican19th century

Landscape (recto and verso)

1852

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The 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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