DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Swan, from an Archaic Greek Vase in the British Museum

c. 1876-1878

Artists

Charles Herbert MooreArtist

Description

The original of this vase is in the British Museum, London.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14 x 19.6 cm (5 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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