Harvard Art Museums > 1895.679: Mossy Bank Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Mossy Bank (Jervis McEntee) , 1895.679,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/231933. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1895.679 People Jervis McEntee, American (Rondout, NY 1828 - 1891 Rondout, NY) Title Mossy Bank Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1860 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/231933 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 26 x 38.1 cm (10 1/4 x 15 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: J. McEntee / 1860 inscription: verso of canvas: Mossy Bank by J. McEntee. $60. / As they bend to the soft winds/the sun from the blue sky looks in. -/ -Bryant. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Probably acquired by William Hayes Fogg from J. Snedecor, New York, 1860; his bequest to his wife, 1884; her bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1895. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg Accession Year 1895 Object Number 1895.679 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. Publication History Kimberly Orcutt, "Personal Collecting Meets Institutional Vision: The Origins of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum", Journal of the History of Collections (2006), vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 267-284, p. 270, p, 274 Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p.220, cat. 170, ill. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
