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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.60.1
People
Francis Gilbert Attwood, American (Boston MA 1856 - 1900 Boston MA)
Title
General Benjamin F.Butler's Nightmare 1.The Night before the Battle
Other Titles
Former Title: Richard in his Tent
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308848

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on cream card
Dimensions
15.2 x 20.5 cm (6 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.l.: FGA
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 14 [in circle]
  • inscription: old backing [now in curatorial file], black ink, English: "Gen. Benj. F. Butler's Nightmare" / Gov. of Mass. & Mil. Gov. of New Orleans
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: The Night Before the Battle / Richard in his Tent. / Chorus of ghosts-- "Tomorrow in the battle think on us / and fall thy edgelike sword-- despair and die!"
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: [after Hogarth]
  • inscription: Inscr.: THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BATTLE / RICHARD IN HIS TENT

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift (?) of the artist to John Templeman Coolidge; his gift to Harvard University Crayon Collection, 1908; transferred to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transferred from the Harvard University Crayon Collection, Gift of John Templeman Coolidge, Class of 1879
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.60.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Work is matted with 1966.60.2.

Verification Level

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