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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1944.13.12
People
Ephraim Whitman Gurney, American (Boston, MA 1829 - 1886 Beverly Farms, MA)
Title
The Poet's Fate; verso: Figure Sketches
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1833
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307982

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on heavy ivory wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 22.2 x 27 cm (8 3/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, purple, stamped: Harvard College Library / From the Estate of / Professor E. W. Gurney / May 3, 1899
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: The Poet's Fate; copied from [ ]ch 1833 / [something cut off]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of artist's estate to Harvard College Library, 1899.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Harvard College Library, from the estate of Professor E. W. Gurney, 1899
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
1944.13.12
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Spots of old adheisve at all corners of verso.

Verification Level

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