1960.161.16: Folio 16 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: snack vendor and lathe-turner (recto); Blank page (verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.161.16

Title

Folio 16 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Two drawings of workmen: snack vendor and lathe-turner (recto); Blank page (verso)

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

19th century

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/98436

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Left: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk; Right: brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso pounced or rubbed with red chalk (recto)

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet at left: 15.6 x 10.3 cm; sheet at right: 15.5 x 10.3 cm

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: Recto: sheet at left: watermark: horse in shield and letter G (partial)
• watermark: Recto: sheet at right: watermark: eagle in shield (partial)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.161.16

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 23, 32, 50, 52, 70, 93, 95-96, ill.; p. 111; folios 16a-b

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