DrawingsAmerican19th century

Fragments, from a Fourteenth-Century Manuscript

c. 1876-1878

Artists

Charles Herbert MooreArtist

Description

Moore's 1878 catalogue (see bibliography) notes that this is a copy of ornamental letters from a page of a French manuscript of the 13th century in the British Museum.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, white gouache, gold paint & black ink over graphite on off-white card

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36.9 x 23.3 cm (14 1/2 x 9 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

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