DrawingsAmerican19th century

Mother and Child with Attendant

1851

Artists

Cephas Giovanni ThompsonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink on off-white prepared wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.5 x 12.5 cm (5 11/16 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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