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A colored rubbing of a tombstone decoration on off-with paper.

The print shows a tombstone decoration. The image is printed in shades of brown. Three elongated shapes of different lengths arch above and across the central figure of an angel in flight with a trumpet raised to the lips. Two dome topped squares are suspended from the arching forms by thin lines on the right and left sides.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14080
People
Ann Parker, American (London, England 1934 -)
Avon Neal, American (Rockingham, Indiana 1922 - 2003)
Title
Charles Stuart, Peterborough, New Hampshire, 1802
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: A Portfolio of Rubbings from Early American Stone Sculpture--medium portfolio
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1963
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/260863

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on Asian paper
Technique
Rubbing

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ann Parker and Avon Neal, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, November 2, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise Haskell Daly Fund, George R. Nutter Fund, Alpheus Hyatt Fund
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
M14080
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/25/2020 - 01/31/2022

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