The Dawn
DrawingsAmerican19th century

The Dawn

1880

Artists

John La FargeArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black crayon on darkened tan paper
Culture
American
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sheet: 40.3 × 33.5 cm (15 7/8 × 13 3/16 in.) mount: 44.6 × 42.7 × 0.6 cm (17 9/16 × 16 13/16 × 1/4 in.) frame: 49.4 × 47.5 × 2.2 cm (19 7/16 × 18 11/16 × 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Doll and Richards, Boston MA, 1899, 1901]. [William Macbeth Gallery, New York NY, 1909], sold; to Mrs. George Theodore Bliss (Jeannette Dwight), New York, NY, 1909; to her nephew, Frederick A. Dwight, Rumson, NJ, 1917. Gift of Mr. Dwight's family to the Fogg Art Museum, 1940.

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