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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.389
People
Attributed to Thomas Waterman Wood, American (Montpelier, VT 1823 - 1903 New York, NY)
Title
Poplars
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1840s
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305878

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and scratchwork on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
23.7 x 16.1 cm (9 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r. of face mat, graphite: 468
  • inscription: cut from old mat, adhered to backing mat, l.l., graphite: Wood pinxit
  • inscription: l.r. of mount, graphite: 468 / [crossed out] 440 / A
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Poplars

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.389
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 526, cat. 493, ill.

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