1937.7.2.5: Sketches of Armor and Heads; verso: Head with Helmet
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1937.7.2.5
- People
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John Singer Sargent, American (Florence, Italy 1856 - 1925 London, England)
- Title
- Sketches of Armor and Heads; verso: Head with Helmet
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- sketchbook page, drawing
- Date
- 1869
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/198421
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove ppr; verso: charcoal, red ink & gr.
- Dimensions
- 15.2 x 24.2 cm (6 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: u.r.c., red-brown ink: 5
- inscription: lower center, graphite, in artist's hand: Toledo
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- To the artist's sisters, Violet (Mrs. Francis) Ormond and Emily Sargent, at his death, 1925; gift of Mrs. Ormond to the Fogg Art Museum, 1937.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond
- Accession Year
- 1937
- Object Number
- 1937.7.2.5
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Recto has drawings of armor, profile heads, and an animal; verso has a head with helmet, and sums done in graphite.
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