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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.9
People
William Morris Hunt, American (Brattleboro, VT 1824 - 1879 Isles of Shoals, NH)
Title
Mother and Child
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308444

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white crayon on gray-green laid paper
Dimensions
11.3 × 10.1 cm (4 7/16 × 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Charles Harrington, Gift of the artist?, To her daughter Miss M. C. Harrington. Mrs. Harrington's maiden name was Josephine Jones. See note in curatorial file indicating that she was a friend of the artist and this drawing, according to family tradition, was a gift from Hunt.
Miss M. C. Harrington, Marblehead MA, From her mother, Mrs. Charles Harrington, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss M. C. Harrington, in memory of her mother, Mrs. S. Charles Harrington (née Josephine Jones)
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.9
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sheet is oval shaped. Matted with 1955.10 and .11.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/20/2023 - 07/24/2023

Verification Level

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