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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1926.33.96
People
John Henry Hill, American (W. Nyack NY 1839 - 1922)
Title
Star of Bethlehem
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306341

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white card
Dimensions
15 x 14.6 cm (5 7/8 x 5 3/4 in.)
Graphite border drawn around image: 12.6 x 12.7 cm (4 15/16 x 5 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: Star of Bethelem [sic]
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: J. Henry Hill

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1926.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University
Accession Year
1926
Object Number
1926.33.96
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Linda S. Ferber and William H. Gerdts, The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1985), catalogue no. 21, reproduced in b/w p. 173

Exhibition History

  • The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 03/29/1985 - 06/10/1985; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 07/03/1985 - 09/08/1985

Verification Level

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