DrawingsAmerican19th century

Private Theatricals. Behynde Ye Scenes, from "Manners and Customs of Ye Bostonians"

19th century

Artists

Francis Gilbert AttwoodArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on off-white card

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

image: 15 x 21.8 cm (5 7/8 x 8 9/16 in.) actual: 17.3 x 22.8 cm (6 13/16 x 9 in.)

Provenance

Gift (?) of the artist to John Templeman Coolidge; his gift to Harvard University Crayon Collection, 1908; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

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