1981.135: Old Roman Tower at Andernach, Rhine

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1981.135

People

Samuel Colman, American (Portland, ME 1832 - 1920 New York, NY)

Title

Old Roman Tower at Andernach, Rhine

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1872

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309257

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, watercolor and gouache on blue paper

Dimensions

actual: 19.2 x 13.8 cm (7 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.l.: S. Colman
• inscription: June 28th '72, l.r., brown ink, in artist's hand: Old Roman Tower at Andernacht [sic] / Rhine / June 28th '72

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Gift of the artist to his sister, Marion Colman Shattuck, Granby, CT; to her daughter, Isabel Colman Shattuck; her bequest to Helen Shattuck Stuart, 1967; to Katherine Stuart Emigh.
Katherine Stuart Emigh, New Britain, CT; sold at Christie's, New York, March 26-27, 1981, lot 431; sold to Frederick R. Koch; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederick R. Koch

Accession Year

1981

Object Number

1981.135

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• American posters and prints, drawings and watercolors, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, NY, March 26, 1981 - March 27, 1981), reproduced in b/w, lot 431

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