- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1943.1815.20.14.B
- People
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John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
- Title
- Two Sketches of Dogs
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing, album page
- Date
- May 15 1906
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195047
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Black ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 11.4 x 7 cm (4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: upper edge, black ink: 15 May 1906 John S. Sargent after / [Blink?]
- Provenance
- David Murray, London, sold; [through Christie’s, London, May 28, 1934, lot 2], sold; [to Martin Birnbaum], gift; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935, bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
A number of the drawings in this album were given to Murray (a Scottish landscape painter and Royal Academician, 1849-1933) by Sargent. Murray lived at 1A Langham Chambers, Portland Place, London.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1815.20.14.B
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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