Harvard Art Museums > 1943.737: The Assyrian God, Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Assyrian God, Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde (Charles Ricketts) , 1943.737,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297888. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.737 People Charles Ricketts, British (Geneva, Switzerland 1866 - 1931 London, England) Title The Assyrian God, Illustration for "The Sphinx," by Oscar Wilde Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 19th-20th century Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297888 Physical Descriptions Medium Brown ink over graphite on cream wove paper Dimensions 28 x 22.4 cm (11 x 8 13/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Charles Ricketts; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York (through Martin Birnbaum)], 1923, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. NOTE: Provenance information from documents in the curatorial file. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.737 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Blake to Beardsley: A Century of English Illustrators, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 66 Nicholas Frankel, The Sphinx by Oscar Wilde, with Decorations by Charles Ricketts. A Facsimile., Rice University Press (Houston, 2010), p. 64 Carey Dunne, Flowers of Evil and the Macabre Literary Imagination of Symbolism, Hyperalleric (July 4, 2016), [e-journal], http://hyperallergic.com/305877/flowers-of-evil-and-the-macabre-literary-imagination-of-symbolism/, accessed January 9, 2017 Exhibition History Blake to Beardsley: A Century of English Illustrators, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/01/1944 - 06/30/1944 Portrait, Prospect and Poetry: British Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Bequest, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/1993 - 11/07/1993 Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
