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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1962.109
People
John Trumbull, American (Lebanon, CT 1756 - 1843 New York, NY)
Title
Mountainous Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1783
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308623

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions
6.2 x 10.2 cm (2 7/16 x 4 in.)
image: 5.9 x 9.7 cm (2 5/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, black ink: Jno Trumbull inv't / June 1783
  • inscription: verso of old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: John Trumbull 1783 [See correspondence in curatorial file for 1962.108 with Sizer, Jan 27 1953, in which he says this inscription was probably written by Theodore Dwight Jr.]
  • inscription: verso, black ink, in artist's hand: 12. [in circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Stephen Bleecker Luce
Accession Year
1962
Object Number
1962.109
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore R. Sizer, The Works of Colonel John Trumbull, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1967), p. 121

Exhibition History

  • Eighteenth Century Prints and Drawings, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 12/01/1963 - 02/28/1964

Verification Level

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