Harvard Art Museums > 2001.164.1-38: Sketchbook: Mount Desert Island, Maine Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Sketchbook: Mount Desert Island, Maine (Sanford Robinson Gifford) , 2001.164.1-38,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Mar 18, 2025, https://hvrd.art/o/169781. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2001.164.1-38 People Sanford Robinson Gifford, American (Greenfield, NY 1823 - 1880 New York, NY) Title Sketchbook: Mount Desert Island, Maine Classification Drawings Work Type sketchbook Date 1864 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/169781 Physical Descriptions Medium Sketchbook with brown-fabric-covered cardboard covers Dimensions 14.6 x 23.2 x 1.4 cm (5 3/4 x 9 1/8 x 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: graphite, front pastedown: S R Gifford / 15 10th St. New York - 1864 label: front pastedown, paper, black ink, graphite, printed and handwritten: [printed:] ART & ARTISTS' EMPORIUM. / GOUPIL & CO. / M. KNOEDLER SUCCESSOR, / 772 Broadway, New York. / No. [graphite:] [55¢?] inscription: front pastedown, black ink: Charles inscription: front pastedown, graphite: [sun?] / S R inscription: rear pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: Shawangunk Lake / water darker than objects above - rocks under water warmer than parts above / & lighter than water - darkening down / trees on [ ] side lighter / in large picture make [rays?] from trees on edge of ridges 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 2001.164.1-38 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Sketchbook with brown-fabric-covered cardboard covers with impressed design of dots. Sewn page block. Binding completely broken away from spine. Pages of darkened off-white wove paper, 13.9 x 22.5 cm. Drawings in graphite. Rear pastedown features a small seascape and a small sketch of a reclining figure. Also a map of Mt. Desert Island and surrounding area. Publication History Ila Weiss, Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford, University of Delaware Press (Newark, DE, 1987), p. 332 Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums Annual Report 2001-2002 (Cambridge, MA, 2003), p. 23 Exhibition History Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006 Related Objects Object Number 2001.164.19 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Mountain Landscape; verso: Partial Mountain Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.20 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Mountain Landscape (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.21 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Mountain Landscape; verso: Partial White Mountain Landcape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.22 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial White Mountain Landscape; verso: Rocky Outcropping Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.23 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Rocky Outcropping; verso: Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.24 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title The Eaglet, New Hampshire; verso: Partial Mountain Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.32 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Cape Ann Seascape; verso: Partial Cohasset Beach Seascape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.27 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Franconia Notch Landscape; verso: Partial Mountain Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.28 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Mountain Landscape; verso: Two Landscapes Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.34 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Hampton Beach Seascape; verso: Partial Manchester Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.35 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Manchester, Massachusetts Landscape; verso: Rocks and Water Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.37 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Rough Sketch of Ocean and Rocks Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.38 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Sketches of Figures; verso: Hill and Ocean Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.3 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Landscape, Mount Desert Island (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.4 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Landscape, Mount Desert Island; verso: Partial Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.7 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Rocky Landscape; verso: Partial Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.8 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.11 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Mount Desert Island Landscape; verso: Partial Bald Porcupine Island Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.5 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Landscape; verso: Landscape; Steer Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.6 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Blank page; verso: Bald Porcupine Mountain, Mount Desert Island, Maine Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.13 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Eagle Lake Landscape; verso: Partial Landscape with Mountain Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.14 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Landscape with Mountain; verso: Southwest Harbor Landscape with Sailboat Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.15 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Dennings Pond Landscape; verso: Partial Western Mountain Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.17 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Western Mountain Landscape; verso: Slight Study of Cliff Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.18 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Rocky Mountain with Trees Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.10 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Schooner Head Landscape; verso: Partial Mount Desert Island Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.25 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Mountain Landscape; verso: The Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.26 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title The Old Man of the Mountain: verso: Partial Franconia Notch Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.29 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Tree; verso: New England Sphinx, Manchester, Massachusetts Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.30 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Two Studies of Trees; verso: Partial Manchester Beach Seascape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.33 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Cohasset Beach Seascape; verso: Partial Hampton Beach Seascape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.12 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Bald Porcupine Island Landscape; verso: Partial Eagle Lake Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.16 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Western Mountain Landscape (recto and verso) Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.31 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Partial Manchester Beach Landscape; verso: Partial Cape Ann Seascape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.1 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.2 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Cliff, Porcupine Islands, Mount Desert Island, Maine; verso: Partial Landscape Classification Drawings Object Number 2001.164.9 Artist Sanford Robinson Gifford Title Schooner Head, Mount Desert Island, Maine; verso: Partial Schooner Head Landscape Classification Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. 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