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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.62.2
People
Francis Gilbert Attwood, American (Boston MA 1856 - 1900 Boston MA)
Title
A Select Little Vingt-et-un Partie Surprised by Ye Governor, from "Manners and Customs of Ye Harvard Students"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1877
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308980

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on light blue wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 14.7 x 21.3 cm (5 13/16 x 8 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper edge, brown ink, in artist's hand: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF YE HARVARD STUDENTE. A SELECT LITTLE VINGT-ET-UN ["vingt-et-un" crossed out, "carde" inscribed in graphite and then erased] PARTIE SURPRISED BY YE GOVERNOR.

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
1966.62.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Francis Gilbert Attwood, Manners and Customs of Ye Harvard Studente, Houghton Mifflin & Co. / Charles W. Sever (Boston, MA and Cambridge, MA, 1877), repr. as no. 9
  • Timothy Anglin Burgard, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1994), p. 10, cat. 5

Exhibition History

  • American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/01/1994 - 12/30/1994
  • Modern Art for Harvard: Prints and Drawings Acquired through the Generosity of Frederick B. and Virginia H. Deknatel, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/1995 - 08/06/1995

Verification Level

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