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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.28
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
Headpiece for "The Artful Ant," by Oliver Herford
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Artful Ant. Headpiece
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1891
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
24.2 x 32 cm (9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: u.l., paper, printed: #10588
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: 80/8 / for Jan 5th / Headpiece
  • inscription: beneath image, graphite: 5 1/2 inches
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 2 COL.
  • stamp: l.l., purple ink, stamped: WANTED
  • inscription: l.l., blue pencil: 8th
  • inscription: l.r., blue pencil: x4922
  • stamp: l.r., blue ink, stamped: 4922
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 8
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: SAT
  • inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A 1649
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: MIN. / 18-304
  • inscription: in image, black ink, in artist's hand: The Artful Ant. / A Tragic Tale.

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
1919.28
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Oliver Herford, "The Artful Ant", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, February 1891), vol. XVIII, no. 4, reproduced in b/w p. 304
  • Oliver Herford, Artful Anticks, The Century Co. (New York, NY, 1894), reproduced in b/w p. 4

Verification Level

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