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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.12
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
The Prince with the Lions, for "The Lost Princess," by Tudor Jenks
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Princess with the Lions
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1896
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305962

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash over graphite, with purple-gray crayon and a touch of yellow gouache on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
38.8 x 28.4 cm (15 1/4 x 11 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: Murphy / Rush / Friday latest
  • inscription: u.l., black ink: C2 [4?] 82
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: Rush!

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequeathed to Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell
Accession Year
1919
Object Number
1919.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Tudor Jenks, "The Lost Princess", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, July 1896), vol. XXIII, no. 9, reproduced in b/w p. 768

Verification Level

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