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Identification and Creation

Object Number
120.1976.95
People
After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Unidentified Artist
Published by Louis Prang & Co. Publishers, American (1824 - 1909)
Title
The Shell is Coming
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Life in Camp, Part I
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1864
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20826

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Chromolithograph on off-white card
Technique
Chromolithograph
Dimensions
10.5 x 6.4 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, brown ink: HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY / FROM / THE BEQUEST OF / EVERT JANSEN WENDELL / 1918
  • inscription: lower center: THE SHELL IS COMING.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Evert Jansen Wendell, bequest; to Harvard University, 1918

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, On loan from Special Collections, Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library
Object Number
120.1976.95
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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