C125: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- C125
- People
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George Richmond, British (London 1809 - 1896 London)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)
- Title
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1853
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/101779
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black, white, and red chalk and graphite(?) on brown wove paper, darkened
- Dimensions
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60.2 x 46.8 cm (23 11/16 x 18 7/16 in.)
framed: 95.9 x 80.6 cm (37 3/4 x 31 3/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: on cartouche on frame: THIS PORTRAIT OF / Mrs HARRIET BEECHER STOWE / From the same Hand which Drew to the life / WILBERFORCE, BUXTON & ELIZth. FRY / IS PRESENTED TO / Her Husband['s?] Family by / SOME ENGLISH FRIENDS. / A.D. 1853
- label: back of frame, printed label: Pictures Cleaned, Lined & Restored / J.H. CHANCE / Carver, Gilder, Picture Frame Maker / 28 LONDON STREET, / FITZROY SQUARE. / Ancient and Modern Engravings / Drawings Mounted
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard University Portrait Collection, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, permanent loan from Dr. Henry Freeman Allen
- Object Number
- C125
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Raymond Lister, George Richmond: A Critical Biography, Robin Garton Ltd (London, 1981), p. 171 (no. 135)
Verification Level
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