1956.235: Landscape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1956.235

People

William Morris Hunt, American (Brattleboro, VT 1824 - 1879 Isles of Shoals, NH)

Title

Landscape

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308439

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal, applied wet in sky, with lifting, on beige wove paper

Dimensions

33.2 x 47.8 cm (13 1/16 x 18 13/16 in.)
image: 32 x 46.3 cm (12 5/8 x 18 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: charcoal, l.r.: WMH (in monogram)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

James A. O'Neill, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund, through the generosity of Mrs. George R. Agassiz, Mrs. Raymond Emerson, Dr. Alexander Forbes, Mr. Edward W. Forbes, Mrs. Isabella Grandin, The Honorable and Mrs. John F. Perkins, and Mr. Quincy A. Shaw

Accession Year

1956

Object Number

1956.235

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Marchal E. Landgren, The Late Landscapes of William Morris Hunt, exh. cat., University of Maryland Art Gallery (College Park, MD, 1976), no. 32, fig. 38

Exhibition History

• The Late Landscapes of William Morris Hunt, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 01/15/1976 - 02/22/1976; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, 03/13/1976 - 04/25/1976
• Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/12/2025 - 01/18/2026

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