1898.438: Oak Silkmoth on a Morning Glory
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1898.438
- People
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Miss Harris, American (active 19th c. - )
- Title
- Oak Silkmoth on a Morning Glory
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 19th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305976
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor over graphite on off-white card
- Dimensions
- 40 x 27.5 cm (15 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: u.r. of face mat, graphite: Telea Polyphemus
- inscription: l.r. of face mat, graphite: 167
- inscription: l.r. of backing mat, graphite: 167 / [crossed off:] 460
- inscription: l.r., graphite: 460
- inscription: l.r., graphite: Drawn by Mifs Harris of W. Roxbury
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Possibly Thaddeus William Harris. John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1898
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
- 1898.438
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 132, cat. 96, ill.
Verification Level
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