Landscape with Rider and Family | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.429
People: David Claypoole Johnston, American (Philadelphia, PA 1798 - 1865 Dorchester, MA)
Title: Landscape with Rider and Family
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1825-1830
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305934

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gum arabic over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

22.5 x 30.3 cm (8 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

watermark: J / T
inscription: old mount [per curatorial file], graphite: D C Johnson inv et pinx

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: 1898.429
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), pp. 311-13, cat. 273, ill.

Verification Level

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