Harvard Art Museums > L94: Cambridge Common from the Seat of Caleb Gannett 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"Cambridge Common from the Seat of Caleb Gannett (Capt. Daniel Bell) , L94,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 26, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305242. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number L94 People Capt. Daniel Bell, American (New York active c. 1800-1810) Title Cambridge Common from the Seat of Caleb Gannett Other Titles Former Title: View of Cambridge Common from the Seat of Caleb Gannett Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1808-1809 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305242 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor on cream wove paper Dimensions 43.5 x 69.8 cm (17 1/8 x 27 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.r.: Drawn by D. Bell inscription: l.c.: Cambridge Common from Seat of Caleb Gannett, Esq./ Comprehending a view of Harvard University Provenance Recorded Ownership History Nehemiah Parsons; his daughter, Miss Anna Q.T. Parsons, Roxbury, MA; to Harvard University Archives, 1902. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection/ Harvard University Archives, Gift of Miss Anna Q.T. Parsons, 1902 Object Number L94 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions 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 Charles Warren, History of the Harvard Law School and of Early Legal Conditions in America, Lewis Publishing Co. (New York), ill. p. 330 Harvard Graduates' Magazine Association, "The Library", Harvard Graduates Magazine (1902), vol. X, 1901-1902, pp. 401-402 Fifth Report of William Coolidge Lane, Librarian of Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1902), p. 221 Annual Report of the President and the Treasurer of Harvard College 1901-1902 (Cambridge, MA, 1903), p. 221 William C. Lane, "Early View of Harvard College", The Harvard Graduates' Magazine (March 1904), vol. XII, pp. 349-358, pp. 354-357, ill. opp. 341 The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vol. VII, Transactions 1900-1902 (Boston, MA, 1905), p. 274, note 1 Hamilton Vaughan Bail, Views of Harvard: A Pictorial Record to 1860, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1949), pp. 120-122, pl. XXX Linda Ayres, Harvard Divided, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1976), pp. 144-145, cat. 84, ill. Charles Capper, Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life, The Private Years, Oxford University Press (UK) (Oxford, 1992), ill. opp. p. 208, fig. 6 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. 88, cat. 39, ill. Exhibition History Harvard Divided, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/03/1976 - 10/10/1976 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
