DrawingsAmerican19th century

Clock Tower, Grisons, Switzerland

1886

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Description

The same clock tower can be seen in 2000.208 and 2000.219

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on blue-flecked laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.7 x 17.3 cm (8 9/16 x 6 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Presumably gift of the artist to Edgar O. Parker; to his son, Charles, at his death (?); his bequest to Mount Auburn Cemetery, 1989; gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

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