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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.419
People
Cephas Giovanni Thompson, American (Middleboro, MA 1809 - 1888 New York, NY)
Title
Angel and Young Woman
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1851
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305904

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and white crayon on blue wove paper
Dimensions
28.3 x 22 cm (11 1/8 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: CGT (in monogram) / 1851
  • inscription: l.r. of face mat, graphite: 391
  • inscription: backing mat, graphite: C. G. Thompson inv. et fecit Bostoniae 1851
  • inscription: l.r. of backing mat, graphite: 391 / [crossed off:] 538
  • blind stamp: backing mat: BRISTOL BOARD with design of thistle.

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
1898.419
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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