Add to Collection

Add this item to an existing or new collection.
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.64
People
Harold Robert Shurtleff, American (1883 - 1938)
Title
The Old College from the Yard
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The "Old College" 1934
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1934
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308832

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 32 x 45 cm (12 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: H. R. Shurtleff
  • inscription: l.r., black ink, signed, in artist's hand: "Old College" / del. H. R. Shurtleff June 7 1934
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: 652-62
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: Chapter tail piece

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Transfer from the Harvard Union, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Harvard Union
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.64
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Samuel Eliot Morison, The Founding of Harvard College, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1935), reproduced facing p. 271

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu