Harvard Art Museums > 1898.553: Platform Oak, Stow, Massachusetts Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Platform Oak, Stow, Massachusetts (Henry Hitchings) , 1898.553,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/306028. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.553 People Henry Hitchings, American (Boston, MA 1823 - 1902 Boston, MA) Title Platform Oak, Stow, Massachusetts Other Titles Former Title: Trees in a Landscape Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1852 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/306028 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and brown ink, brown and gray wash over graphite on cream wove paper Dimensions 25.9 x 37 cm (10 3/16 x 14 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: black ink, l.l., Stow / 1852 / H Hitchings inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: (Platform Oak), being a large white oak on the Randall farm at Stowe Mass. / standing on the junction of two Cartpaths near the middle entrance to the great wood. The right hand path / leads presently through an old orchard into the cornfield (Drawn from nature June 1852 by Henry Hitchings). stamp: verso, purple and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [stamped in purple ink:] John Witt Randall Collection / Harvard College / [handwritten in black ink:] No. 182 Provenance Recorded Ownership History John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892. 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 1898.553 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History American Landscape Drawings from the John Witt Randall Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/10/1983 - 07/01/1983 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
