1919.26: The Goat, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1919.26

People

Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)

Title

The Goat, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The crocodile. The goat.

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1891

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306102

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on heavy off-white wove paper

Dimensions

31.8 x 19.5 cm (12 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
• stamp: upper center, blue ink: 5592
• inscription: upper center, blue pencil: x5592
• label: u.r., stamped: 10592
• inscription: l.l., graphite: "The Crocodile" / The Goat
• inscription: lower center, graphite: 2 5/8 in.
• inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N / A2299
• inscription: verso, blue pencil: 7 x 8
• inscription: verso, blue pencil: 19-143
• stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: Art Department / The Century Co. / Union Square, / New York City
• blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of crown]

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

1919.26

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), reproduced p. 65

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