1972.300: Gloucester, Massachusetts; verso: Portrait Sketch and Landscape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1972.300

People

Raymond Dabb Yelland, American (London England 1848 - 1900 Oakland CA)

Title

Gloucester, Massachusetts; verso: Portrait Sketch and Landscape

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1872

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309000

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

actual: 24.7 x 19.1 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Sept. 1872, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: Gloucester, Mass, Sept. 1872
• inscription: verso, u.r.c., graphite: Joseph A. Baird Jr. / Coll. - / 1971
• inscription: verso, graphite: This drawing was part of a family / group sold by David Magee to / John Swingle, eventually to John [Gargali?] / Drawing by Raymond D. Yelland / (born 1848), done in the eastern US just / prior to his coming to California in 1873.
• inscription: back of mat, graphite: Gift of Joseph A. Baird Jr. / in memory of Diana Craig Loomis, 1972

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Magee, Sold to John Swingle. Per donor's inscription on verso of drawing
John Swingle, Sold to John [Gargali?]. Per donor's inscription on verso of drawing
John [Gargali?]. Per donor's inscription on verso of drawing
Joseph A. Jr. Baird, San Francisco CA, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Joseph A. Baird, Jr., in memory of Diana Craig Loomis

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

1972.300

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Three small figures in upper right quadrant, erased.

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