1919.45: The Journey, for "A Dark Career," by Oliver Herford

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1919.45

People

Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)

Title

The Journey, for "A Dark Career," by Oliver Herford

Other Titles

Alternate Title: A Dark Career. The Journey

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1893

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306060

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink and graphite, partially erased, on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

38.9 x 32 cm (15 5/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
• blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of a crown]
• stamp: u.r., blue ink, stamped: 7078
• inscription: u.r., black ink and graphite: [black ink:] A Dark Corner [corrected in graphite:] Career-- The Journey
• inscription: lower center, graphite, erased: 5 1/2 in
• inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N / A 3607
• inscription: verso, blue pencil: Herford / P / 9 x 12 / A Dark Career (4 dwgs) / 20-774 / 3.00 l 35--

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

1919.45

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Oliver Herford, "A Dark Career", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, August 1893), vol. XX, p. 774, reproduced in b/w p. 774
• Oliver Herford, Artful Anticks, The Century Co. (New York, NY, 1894), reproduced in b/w p. 35

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