DrawingsAmerican19th-20th century

Ida Agassiz Higginson

1917

Artists

John Singer SargentArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Charcoal on beige laid paper, darkened

Culture

American

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 61 x 45.3 cm (24 x 17 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Alexander Henry Higginson. Cecile Higginson Murphy, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1984.

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