1972.23: A Rocky Cliff

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.23

People

Henry Farrer, American (London, England 1843 - 1903 Brooklyn NY)

Title

A Rocky Cliff

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1875

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308929

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• stamp: verso, ink with graphite, stamped: tulip shape with number written inside in graphite: 66

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Marjorie B. Cohn, Cambridge MA.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. Cohn in honor of Professor Benjamin Rowland

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.23

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Rowland Elzea and Betty Elzea, The Pre-Raphaelite Era 1848-1914, exh. cat., Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE, 1976), no. 3-35, reproduced in b/w p. 67
• Linda S. Ferber and William H. Gerdts, The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1985), p. 259, cat.104, ill.

Exhibition History

• The Pre-Raphaelite Era 1848 - 1914, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, 04/12/1976 - 06/06/1976
• The New Path: Ruskin and the American Pre-Raphaelites, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, 03/29/1985 - 06/10/1985; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 07/03/1985 - 09/08/1985

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