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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.418
People
Cephas Giovanni Thompson, American (Middleboro, MA 1809 - 1888 New York, NY)
Title
Mother and Child with Attendant
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1851
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305903

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on off-white prepared wove paper
Dimensions
14.5 x 12.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: CGT [in monogram] / 1851
  • inscription: l.r. of face mat, graphite: 390
  • inscription: l.l. of face mat, graphite: 324
  • inscription: l.r. of backing mat, graphite: 389 / [crossed off:] 323
  • inscription: removed from old mount, adhered inside backing mat, graphite: C G Thomson [sic] del.

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
1898.418
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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