1898.430.A: River Inlet; verso: Landscape with Figures and Dog

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.430.A

People

David Claypoole Johnston, American (Philadelphia, PA 1798 - 1865 Dorchester, MA)

Title

River Inlet; verso: Landscape with Figures and Dog

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1825-1830

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305951

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gum varnish on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

14.4 x 19 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: removed from old mount [now in curatorial file], graphite, English: [not in artist's hand]: D. C. Johnston drawing / River Scene one of his best works

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

1898.430.A

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 274, ill. [verso not ill.]

Exhibition History

• American Landscape Drawings from the John Witt Randall Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/10/1983 - 07/01/1983

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