H614: Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H614

People

Unidentified Artist
Josiah Parsons Cooke IV, American (1827 - 1894)

Title

Josiah Parsons Cooke (1827-1894)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1890-1900

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305015

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on ivory

Dimensions

15.6 x 12.2 cm (6 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mary Huntington Cooke, wife of Josiah P. Cooke, c. 1890-1900; to Oliver W. Huntington (nephew of Mrs. and Mrs. J. P. Cooke) and Alice (Mrs. William A.) Huntington Pew (niece of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cooke); their gift to Harvard University, 1912.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Dr. Oliver W. Huntington and Alice Huntington (Mrs. William A.) Pew to Harvard University, 1912

Object Number

H614

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 370, cat. 402, ill.
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 240

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