DrawingsAmerican19th century

Text with Lily, 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

38.9 × 28.4 cm (15 5/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Provenance

John Ruskin; Sven Bruntjen Fine Arts, Woodside CA; sold to private collector, 1981; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1984.

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