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DrawingsBritish19th-20th century

"Rose up the Painted Swathed Dead," Illustration for "The Sphinx" by Oscar Wilde

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles RickettsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.6 x 21.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Charles Ricketts; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum)], 1923, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942. NOTE: Provenance information from documents in the curatorial file.

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