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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.23
People
Associated artist: Théodore Géricault, French (Rouen 1791 - 1824 Paris)
Title
Letter from M. Charles Clément to M. Henry Houssaye
Classification
Archival Material
Work Type
correspondence
Date
1879
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296940

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on white paper
Dimensions
folded sheet: 20.5 x 13.4 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
unfolded sheet: 20.5 x 26.8 cm (8 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
envelope: 7.1 x 11.1 cm (2 13/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Beaumont Newhall in honor of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.23
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
folded sheet with letter on three sides, and envelope

Publication History

  • Frances S. Jowell, "The Raft Unravelled", Apollo (May 1974), vol. 99, p. 382
  • Lorenz Eitner, Géricault: His Life and Work, Orbis Publishing Ltd. (London, England, 1983), p. 285, note. 195, p. 362
  • Sylvain Laveissière and Régis Michel, Gericault, exh. cat., Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux (Paris, France, 1991), pp. 318-319

Verification Level

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