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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.35.32
People
Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)
Title
Inscription; verso: Blank page
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
19th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/30724

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Metalpoint on prepared paper
Dimensions
12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, metalpoint, in artist's hand: Oriental lady / Koran (Arabic illum / 13th cty) / ADD. / 25.900 / do 27,261 / Persian / [copy of Arabic writing]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY, sold to Fogg, 1946.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
Accession Year
1946
Object Number
1946.35.32
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Commentary
The reference numbers "ADD 25.900 / do 27.261" may refer to a manuscript in the British Library or British Museum. Leighton's painting, "At a Reading Desk," includes a Koran, and his notes may be research for that painting.

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