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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M25862.1
People
François Vivares, French (Montpellier 1709 - 1780 London)
Title
Landscape with a Farmhouse and a Wooden Windmill
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Landscapes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1739
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/78150

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching, hand colored in watercolor
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 9.3 x 14.5 cm (3 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Viuarez in.Sc
  • inscription: yes, in a banderole at the upper left, printer's ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: According to an act of parlement [copyright] / Drawn and grave by Viuares 1739
  • inscription: lower left corner of design, printer's ink, etching, signed, in artist's hand: Viuarez in.Sc
  • inscription: upper margin, lower right margin, brown ink, handwritten, signed: Vaugham / 6d [owner's name, price paid]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Benjamin Vaughn, Collector. An 18th c. British intellectual (1751-1835), a friend of many American patriots, who imigrated to the United States in the 1790s with his extensive library, probably one of the most important in the new nation at that time.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Bryan's Dictionary of Painters

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
M25862.1
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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