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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.61.1
People
Francis Gilbert Attwood, American (Boston MA 1856 - 1900 Boston MA)
Title
Ye Olde South Fayre, from "Manners and Customs of Ye Bostonians"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308886

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 14.9 x 19.9 cm (5 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: FGA
  • inscription: upper edge, brown ink and graphite, in artist's hand: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF YE BOSTONIANS. YE OLDE SOUTH FAYRE
  • inscription: in image, brown ink over graphite, in artist's hand: ELIZABETH GOOSE HER HOUSE; THOS. FLEET PRINTER

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
1966.61.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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