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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.150.126
People
Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title
Noah Guiding Birds onto the Ark, after an early Italian painting
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306869

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
image: 22.3 x 30.5 cm (8 3/4 x 12 in.)
actual: 25.7 x 34.5 cm (10 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite: 3 in gold-- [rich?] oak
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite: 15 x 18 1/2 #6915
  • inscription: right margin, graphite: 8 5/8 x 12
  • inscription: verso, graphite: J.L.S. / no no.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.150.126
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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