DrawingsAmerican19th century

Platform Oak, Stow, Massachusetts

1852

Artists

Henry HitchingsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink, brown and gray wash over graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.9 x 37 cm (10 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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