DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Winged Animal Deity, after Egyptian Papyrus

19th-20th century

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27 x 22.7 cm (10 5/8 x 8 15/16 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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