DrawingsAmerican19th century

Man in a Boat

1884

Artists

Denman Waldo RossArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and crayon on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15 x 16.7 cm (5 7/8 x 6 9/16 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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