1919.28: Headpiece for "The Artful Ant," by Oliver Herford

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

Permissions

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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

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