DrawingsAmerican20th century

Seated Woman with Lyre for Swinburne's "Sapphics;" verso: "Sapphics" Verses

1906

Artists

James CrichtonArtist

Description

Another page is glued down by its upper corners to the album leaf.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on cream laid paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24 x 34.2 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.) Border drawn around image on affixed sheet: 14.5 x 13.2 cm (5 11/16 x 5 3/16 in.) sheet affixed to album leaf: 20.6 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Elizabeth Crichton Batty, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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