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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.144
People
Charles Herbert Moore, American (New York, NY 1840 - 1930 Harley Witney, Hampshire, England)
Title
Branch of Rhododendron; verso: Architectural Studies
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1875
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306654

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on blue wove paper
Dimensions
55.5 x 76 cm (21 7/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: To be seen / from a distance; the spring / of the branch, with the poise and / action of the leaves, together with / general color being the qualities / aimed at. CHM Oct 1875

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George Herbert Palmer; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Professor George Herbert Palmer, class of 1864, through the courtesy of Professor Frederic Palmer, Jr.
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.144
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles Herbert Moore, Catalogue, with Notes, of Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice; and of Fac-similes and Original Works to be Used as Exercises in Drawing, Belonging to the Fine Arts Department of Harvard University, exh. cat. (Cambridge, MA, 1878), p.32, cat. 80
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 238, cat. 193

Exhibition History

  • Studies and Fac-similes from Examples of the Works of Florence and Venice..., Harvard Art Club, Cambridge, 12/01/1878 - 12/31/1878

Verification Level

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