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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.211
People
Lester George Hornby, American (Lowell, MA 1882 - 1956 Rockport,MA)
Title
City Hall from the Globe Office, Boston
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306589

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white cardboard
Dimensions
actual: 28 x 23.5 cm (11 x 9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: L. G. Hornby
  • inscription: l.r. of face mat, graphite: 7508
  • inscription: l.l. of face mat, graphite: Lester G. Hornby- "City Hall- from the Globe Office"
  • inscription: l.l. of verso of backing mat, graphite: S911-187 [over] 6506
  • inscription: verso of backing mat, graphite, erased: 22046 / 4" wide-- 6 proofs on special stock / relief halftones / Friday 16th
  • inscription: u.r. of verso of backing mat, graphite: #32 / 5.465-32

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Henry Taylor, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Henry Taylor
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.211
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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