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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.40
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
Title Page for "The Bashful Earthquake," by Oliver Herford
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Bashful Earthquake. Title
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1898
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306190

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
25.4 x 38.2 cm (10 x 15 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in image, black ink and purple pencil, in artist's hand: The / Bashful Earthquake / [crossed out in purple pencil, with "Cut out" written:] or the / Last Straw
  • label: u.l., paper, stamped: #10641
  • stamp: u.r., blue ink: 11329
  • inscription: u.r., black ink: X
  • stamp: left edge, brown and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [stamped in brown:] 6-8 [8 crossed out in black] FINE PROOFS
  • stamp: left edge, brown and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [stamped in brown:] PLATE WANTED [handwritten in black:] July 30.
  • inscription: beneath image, graphite: 3
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: 5 1/2
  • inscription: lower center, graphite: T[?]
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: [encircled:] 295
  • blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of a crown]
  • inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A 9818
  • inscription: verso, blue pencil: 12 x 5 / 26.69
  • inscription: verso, graphite: B65281-27
  • 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
1919.40
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Oliver Herford, "The Bashful Earthquake", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, November 1898), vol. XXVI, no. 1, pp. 69-70, reproduced in b/w p. 69
  • Oliver Herford, The Bashful Earthquake and Other Fables and Verses, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY, 1898), reproduced in b/w p. 1

Verification Level

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