DrawingsAmerican19th century

Text with Thistle and Grass, for the "Ballad of Santa Zita" from "Tuscan Songs"

1868 - 1882

Artists

Francesca AlexanderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink over graphite erasures on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

38.8 × 27.7 cm (15 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

Provenance

John Ruskin. [Sven Bruntjen Fine Arts, Woodside, CA], sold; to Joseph and Deborah Goldyne, 1981, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981

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