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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M9318
People
After Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Title
The Great Russian Ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Harper's Weekly, Vol. VII, No. 360, November 21, 1863
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1863
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/256484

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood engraving and letterpress on cream laid paper
Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
image: 33.3 × 51.5 cm (13 1/8 × 20 1/4 in.)
sheet: 408 × 55.2 cm (160 5/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, in block: HOMER
  • inscription: top, letterpress: 74 HARPER'S WEEKLY 745
  • inscription: lower center, below image, letterpress: THE GREAT RUSSIAN BALL AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NOVEMBER 5, 1863 - [See Page 746.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
W. G. Russell Allen, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
F. 70

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
M9318
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/23/2019 - 05/13/2019

Verification Level

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