Crossing the Ice, for James Fenimore Cooper's "Satanstoe"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1917.196
People: Felix Octavius Carr Darley, American (Philadelphia PA 1822 - 1888 Claymont DE)
Title: Crossing the Ice, for James Fenimore Cooper's "Satanstoe"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305985

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray and black wash over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 40.2 x 35.5 cm (15 13/16 x 14 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: gray wash, l.l.: F. O. C. Darley fecit
inscription: lower edge, graphite, badly faded: "Cross it we did, my delicate companion being / as much sustained by my supporting arm / as by her own resolution." / Satanstoe / Page 249
watermark: J. Whatman / Turkey Mill

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Mrs. Andrew Ingraham, Cambridge MA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1917.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Andrew Ingraham
Accession Year: 1917
Object Number: 1917.196
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Works of Darley, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 05/05/1978 - 06/18/1978

Verification Level

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