DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)

19th-20th century

Artists

Charles AkersArtist

James Russell LowellSitter

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Harvard University Portrait Collection

Dimensions

sight: 76.2 x 45.7 cm (30 x 18 in.) framed: 86.4 x 69.2 x 2.5 cm (34 x 27 1/4 x 1 in.)

Provenance

Gift of Charles M. Storey to Harvard University for Elmwood, 1971

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