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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.72
People
Childe Hassam, American (Boston, MA 1859 - 1935 E. Hampton, NY)
Title
Court Street Corner, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
Sep 3 1917
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307893

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and white gouache over black chalk on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 25.4 x 35.4 cm (10 x 13 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown watercolor, l.l.: Childe Hassam Portsmouth Sept 3d 1917

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.72
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The corner of an old photo is adhered to the drawing at l.r., inscribed in black ink: White Post.
Commentary
The location depicted here has been identified as the Oracle House, which stood on Court Street at the corner of Haymarket Square; it has since been moved.

Verification Level

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