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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.182
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Sketchbook ("Sketchbook 1892"): Italy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook
Date
1892
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307765

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sketchbook with blue cardboard covers with impressed design
Dimensions
12.5 x 21.3 x 1.3 cm (4 15/16 x 8 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: front pastedown, graphite: 4 3/27/28
  • inscription: back pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: [calculations:] 30 [into] 600 / 5 [into] 20 / 4; 4 [into] 600 / 150; 4 / 5 / 2 / [sum:] 12
  • stamp: front cover, silver ink, embossed: ALBUM
  • label: front cover, paper and red pencil, handwritten, in artist's hand: Sketchbook / 1892

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the artist to his nephew, Thorvald Ross, at his death (?), 1936; gift of Mr. & Mrs. Thorvald Ross to the Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thorvald Ross
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.182
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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