DrawingsAmerican19th century

Arrowhead and Grasses

c. 1880

Artists

Fidelia BridgesArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Opaque watercolor on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)

Provenance

The artist, gift; to Oliver Ingraham Lay (1845-1890) Stratford, CT, bequest; to his grandson, George C. Lay. [Jeffrey Brown Fine Arts, Amherst, MA 1981], sold; to Royal W. and Mary Joan W. Leith, 2017, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025

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