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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.48.9
People
James Crichton, American (Baltimore, Maryland 1879 - 1907 New York, New York)
Title
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, for Oscar Wilde's "Salome"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1907
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194456

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gouache over graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions
25.1 x 35.5 cm (9 7/8 x 14 in.)
Border drawn around image.: 24 x 34.2 cm (9 7/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: red watercolor, l.c: JC [in monogram] 1907
  • inscription: verso, u.r., black ink: 9

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Elizabeth Crichton Batty, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Crichton Batty
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.48.9
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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