The Prince with the Lions, for "The Lost Princess," by Tudor Jenks

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

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