DrawingsBritish19th century

Myrtle

c. 1886

Artists

Albert Joseph MooreArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.2 x 19.5 cm (13 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

John Postle Heseltine; his sale, Sotheby's, London, May 27-29, 1935, no. 437 (£19); acquired at that sale through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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