1968.6: John Farrar (1779-1853)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1968.6

People

Unidentified Artist
John Farrar (1779 - 1853)

Title

John Farrar (1779-1853)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1830

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308855

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, and black ink over graphite on beige card

Dimensions

27 x 22.9 cm (10 5/8 x 9 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of F. C. Parker to Harvard University Crayon Collection; transfer to the Fogg Art Museum, 1968.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Harvard University Crayon Collection, presented by F. C. Parker

Accession Year

1968

Object Number

1968.6

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

Gift of F.C. Parker to Harvard University Crayon Collection, 1968; transfer to the Fogg Museum, 1968.

Publication History

• Louise Todd Ambler, Early Science at Harvard: Innovators and Their Instruments, 1765 - 1865, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, December 1969-January 1970), p. 45, cat. 48, ill.
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 489-90, cat. 454, ill.

Exhibition History

• Early Science at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/18/1969 - 02/01/1970

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