Ram's Head, after antiquity | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1969.38
People: Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Title: Ram's Head, after antiquity
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308845

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper?

Dimensions

sight: 47.8 x 43.5 cm (18 13/16 x 17 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.: JOSEPH LINDON SMITH
label: backing board, black ink: MFA T.L. 2327 / E. W. Forbes
label: backing board, paper: J. F. OLSSON & CO. / MAKERS OF / HIGH GRADE FRAMES, / ART DEALERS. / HARVARD SQUARE, / CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Edward Waldo Forbes, Cambridge, MA; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Edward W. Forbes
Accession Year: 1969
Object Number: 1969.38
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Edward Waldo Forbes, History of the Fogg Art Museum, Unpublished (1956), vol. I, pp. 41, 66-67

Exhibition History

Paintings by Joseph Lindon Smith, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 02/11/1931 - 03/11/1931

Verification Level

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1969.38: Ram's Head, after antiquity