1898.445: Siren Riding a Dragon

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.445

People

Charles Howland Hammatt Billings, American (Milton, MA 1818-1874 Boston, MA)

Title

Siren Riding a Dragon

Other Titles

Former Title: Woman on a Dragon

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1850s

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305954

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and black ink on cream wove card

Dimensions

34.3 x 28.3 cm (13 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: Hammatt Billings des et fec.
• inscription: l.r. of face mat, graphite: 15
• inscription: l.r. of backing mat, graphite: 165
• inscription: below image, graphite: SIREN / Drawn and designed by H. Billings / original drawing / JWR Col.
• inscription: l.r., graphite: 82
• inscription: l.l., graphite: No. 20
• inscription: verso, black ink: JWR

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

1898.445

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), p. 91, cat. 42, ill.

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