DrawingsAmerican19th century

Fish Writing Letters, for "The Artful Ant," by Oliver Herford

1891

Artists

Oliver HerfordArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18 x 17.7 cm (7 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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