1919.17: A Sunlight Stroll, for "The Dragon's Story," by Tudor Jenks

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1919.17

People

Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)

Title

A Sunlight Stroll, for "The Dragon's Story," by Tudor Jenks

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Dragon's Story. A Sunlight Stroll

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1889

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306005

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

28.2 x 31 cm (11 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: u.l., black ink: B2372
• inscription: u.l., graphite: X
• stamp: u.l., blue ink: 3682
• inscription: below image, graphite, in artist's hand: A Sunlight Stroll
• inscription: lower edge, graphite: Reduce to 4 inches wide
• inscription: l.r., graphite: Tailpiece
• stamp: l.r., purple ink and graphite, stamped and handwritten: [ink:] Wanted [graphite:] May 3
• inscription: l.r., graphite: 10
• inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A 366
• inscription: verso, blue pencil: Herford / P / 6 x 4 / The Dragon's Story (5 dwgs/8.00 (80 / 16-819

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell

Accession Year

1919

Object Number

1919.17

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Tudor Jenks, "The Dragon's Story", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, September 1889), vol. XVI, no. 11, reproduced in b/w p. 819

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