1919.23: Initial A, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1919.23
- People
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Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
- Title
- Initial A, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: The Crocodile. A
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1891
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/306050
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
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sight: 23.5 x 18.1 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.)
framed: 46.99 x 36.83 x 1.91 cm (18 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3/4 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
- inscription: l.r., graphite: St. N. verse / The Crocodile
- inscription: l.r., graphite: 7 [ ]
- stamp: upper center, blue ink, stamped: 5598
- blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of crown]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1919.23
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Oliver Herford, "The Crocodile", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, December 1891), vol. XIX, no. 2, reproduced in b/w p. 142
- Oliver Herford, Artful Anticks, The Century Co. (New York, NY, 1894), repr. p. 64
Verification Level
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