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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.148
People
Joseph Pennell, American (Philadelphia, PA 1857 - 1926 Brooklyn, NY)
Title
Walmer Castle from the Beach Looking Toward Dover
Other Titles
Alternate Title: View of Dover, Walmer Castle from Beach
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1889
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308303

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
25.9 x 36 cm (10 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: Whatman 1874
  • inscription: verso, graphite: Jo Pennell / View of Dover; Wal[ ]er Castle from Beach / Rec'd May 20 / 89
  • stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: wanted; Art Department / The Century Co. / Union Square, / New York City
  • inscription: verso, graphite: July 25
  • inscription: verso, graphite: 39.170; 25 [in circle]
  • inscription: verso, black ink: B2626
  • inscription: verso, black crayon: C[ ] / A5000
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: 8 1/2 x 13 1/2; 54 [in circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Edwin de T. Bechtel, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin De T. Bechtel, Class of 1903
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.148
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Selections from Wellington's Letters", The Century [magazine] (New York, NY, December 1889), vol. XXXIX, no. 2, reproduced p. 170

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