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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.160.63
People
Sanford Robinson Gifford, American (Greenfield, NY 1823 - 1880 New York, NY)
Title
Landscape, Nemi, Italy; Figure Sketches; verso: Small Sketch of Sheep
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook page, drawing
Date
1856
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/146587

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and brown wash on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
14.6 x 8.8 cm (5 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: center left, graphite, in artist's hand: Nemi Oct 6 56

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Sanford Gifford
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.160.63
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sheep on the verso are drawn with a horizontal orientation, and upside down from the book.

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