1943.1336: Shells

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1336

People

William Henry Hunt, British, English (London, England 1790 - 1864 London, England)

Title

Shells

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1850-1855

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297746

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

12.1 x 17.1 cm (4 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1336

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, Melissa Renn, and Susan C. Ricci, The Last Ruskinians: Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2007), pp. 21, 60, 93. pl. 10

Exhibition History

• Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993
• The Last Ruskinians: Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Herbert Moore, and Their Circle, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/07/2007 - 07/08/2007
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/11/2022 - 11/14/2022

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