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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.29
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
Fish Writing Letters, for "The Artful Ant," by Oliver Herford
Other Titles
Former Title: The Artful Ant. They Thanked Her Just the Same
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1891
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306074

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
18 x 17.7 cm (7 1/16 x 6 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
  • inscription: upper edge, graphite: 1 col 2 5/8 in
  • inscription: below image, graphite, in artist's hand: "They / [underlined:] thanked her / [underlined:] just the / [underlined:] same."
  • inscription: below image, graphite: The Artful Ant / Jan 5th
  • stamp: purple ink, stamped: WANTED
  • inscription: blue pencil: 8th
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 8
  • inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A 1651
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: MIN. / + / 18-305
  • stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: Art Department / The Century Co. / Union Square, / New York City

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
1919.29
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. 305
  • Oliver Herford, Artful Anticks, The Century Co. (New York, NY, 1894), reproduced in b/w p. 9

Verification Level

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