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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1907.7
People
Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
Title
Whitby Harbor, Yorkshire; verso: small indecipherable sketch
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1801
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298760

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 26.3 x 41.2 cm (10 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of James Loeb, Class of 1888.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of James Loeb, Class of 1888
Accession Year
1907
Object Number
1907.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Arthur Pope, Catalogue of Ruskin Exhibition in Memory of Charles Eliot Norton, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1909), no. 72
  • Marjorie B. Cohn, "Turner, Ruskin, Norton, Winthrop", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin (Cambridge, MA, Fall 1993), vol. II, checklist no. 1
  • Amy Brauer and Susanne Ebbinghaus, "Charles Eliot Norton and his Disciples: Building Harvard's Ancient Art Collection", James Loeb, Collector and Connoisseur: Proceedings of the Second James Loeb Biennial Conference, ed. Jeffrey Henderson and Professor Richard Thomas, Department of the Classics and Harvard University (Cambridge, MA / London, 2022), p. 132 note 36

Exhibition History

  • Ruskin Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/01/1909 - 02/28/1910
  • Turner-Ruskin-Norton-Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/27/1993 - 02/20/1994
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

Verification Level

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