1960.161.22: Folio 22 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Sheet of portrait sketches and flowers (recto); Two sheets: dog and decorative frames; kneeling couple and mixed bouquet (verso)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.161.22

Title

Folio 22 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Sheet of portrait sketches and flowers (recto); Two sheets: dog and decorative frames; kneeling couple and mixed bouquet (verso)

Classification

Albums

Work Type

album folio

Date

19th century

Culture

Persian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/98439

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown counterproof on off-white wove paper; blind embossing on verso (recto); Top: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red ink over graphite, watercolor on off-white wove paper (verso)

Dimensions

Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet: 17.1 x 11.1 cm
Verso: sheet at top: 11.1 x 10.1 cm; sheet at bottom: 6.8 x 13.4 cm

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Verso: sheet at top: ink drawing of a man on a horse; graphite inscription in unknown language at top left of sheet, written vertically between horse's legs, verified by Penley Knipe.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.161.22

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. 18, 20-21, fig. 7; pp. 27-28, 42-43, 71, 112; folios 22a-b

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