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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.535
People
Narcisse Othon, French (Paris, France active 1839–1847)
Title
Mrs. James Arnold
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1837
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296250

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove card; the surface prepared with a hard, polished white ground; highlights scratched through the graphite with a sharp tool; background shading seems to have been stumped or stippled through a circular honeycomb mesh about 1 mm. in diameter
Dimensions
14.3 x 11.4 cm (5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.r.: Othon. 1837

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Misses Aimée and Rosamond Lamb
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.535
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 290, repr.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2200 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2015 - 11/10/2015

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