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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.240
People
William Morris Hunt, American (Brattleboro, VT 1824 - 1879 Isles of Shoals, NH)
Title
Sketch for "The Discoverer" Fresco, Assembly Chamber, State Capitol, Albany, New York
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1878
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308486

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on cream laid paper
Dimensions
28.8 x 44.2 cm (11 5/16 x 17 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: L. BERVILLE
  • label: verso, l.l., paper, printed: 170
  • inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: 170

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
James A. O'Neill, Sold to 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
1956.240
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Green paper strips have been added to edges of sheet to make a border.

Publication History

  • Sally Webster, "The Albany Murals of William Morris Hunt: Their Commission and Meaning", Proceedings of the New York State Capitol Symposium, Temporary State Commission on the Restoration of the Capitol (Albany, NY, 1983), p. 108
  • Natalie Spassky, Linda Bantel, Doreen Bolger Burke, Meg Perlman, and Amy L. Walsh, American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume II: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845, ed. Kathleen Luhrs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Princeton University Press (New York, 1985), p. 218
  • Mark D. Mitchell, The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917, exh. cat., Yale University Press (New Haven, 2024), cat. no. 38, p. 114, repr.

Exhibition History

  • The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917, Yale University Art Gallery, 09/05/2024 - 01/05/2025

Verification Level

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