DrawingsAmerican19th century

Old Man and Boy Reading, after Glume (?)

19th century

Artists

Matthew J. WhippleArtist

Johann Gottlieb GlumeArtist after

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

mount: 35.5 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.) actual: 13.6 x 12.6 cm (5 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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