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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1946.29
People
Charles Herbert Woodbury, American (Lynn, MA 1864 - 1940 Jamaica Plain, MA)
Title
Dogtown Common, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1934
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308210

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over black chalk on off-white illustration board
Dimensions
actual: 38.1 x 55.8 cm (15 x 21 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Property of Eliz. Ward Perkins / E. W. P.
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Cape Anne [sic]
  • inscription: verso, black chalk: From Dog Down Common / 21 x 15 1934 / [encircled:] 23 / unsigned
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 24 x 28 mat
  • stamp: verso, printed: WINSOR & NEWTON / Trade Mark
  • exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: S.E. no. 1673 / Museum of Fine Arts / Boston, Massachusetts / Special Loan Exhibition of / Works of Charles H. Woodbury / Title: "Dogtown Common, Cape Ann" / Artist: Charles H. Woodbury / Owner: Mrs. Charles B. Perkins / Address: 231 Perkins Street, / Jamaica Plain, Mass.
  • estate stamp: Stamp from Woodbury's estate, with his intitials above and Elizabeth Ward Perkins's (his executor) below: C. H. W. / (E. W. P.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Charles B. Perkins (nee Elizabeth Howard Ward), Boston [1], gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1946.

Notes
[1] Elizabeth Ward Perkins (Mrs. Charles B. Perkins) was the executor of Charles Herbert Woodbury's estate.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Perkins
Accession Year
1946
Object Number
1946.29
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Charles Herbert Woodbury: exhibition of oils and water colors, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 11/15/1945 - 12/16/1945

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