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Title Page for "A Dark Career," by Oliver Herford

DrawingsAmerican19th century

Title Page for "A Dark Career," by Oliver Herford

1893

Artists

Oliver HerfordArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite, partially erased, on heavy off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 31 x 38.9 cm (12 3/16 x 15 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

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