1946.35.6: Inscription; verso: Outline in lunette shape
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1946.35.6
- People
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Frederic Leighton, British (Scarborough England 1830 - 1896 London England)
- Title
- Inscription; verso: Outline in lunette shape
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- sketchbook page, drawing
- Date
- 19th century
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/47665
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Metalpoint on prepared paper
- Dimensions
- 12.3 x 7.2 cm (4 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: recto, metalpoint, in artist's hand: copper cleaner-- / steel--sent by luggage / iron backed saw / how [--] tin is fastened / adj [--] always on [[--] / string / 20 - 11 - [--] / 10.5 ½ ruler / return / 13.11 [--] / ½ the min for c [--] rate / white band 2" [--]]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Geoffrey Steele's Bookshop, Mahopac, NY, sold to Fogg, 1946.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Friends of the Fogg Art Museum Fund
- Accession Year
- 1946
- Object Number
- 1946.35.6
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Commentary
- Inscriptions may refer to the transportation of a bronze sculpture. The lunette shape may be related to "The Arts of Industry as Applied to Peace," 1883-86, Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Verification Level
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