Harvard Art Museums > 1960.161.23: Folio 23 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: bird and flower designs for a penbox; polylobed cartouche enclosing couple (recto); Blank page (verso) Albums Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Folio 23 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: bird and flower designs for a penbox; polylobed cartouche enclosing couple (recto); Blank page (verso) , 1960.161.23,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/98504. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1960.161.23 Title Folio 23 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Three sheets: bird and flower designs for a penbox; polylobed cartouche enclosing couple (recto); Blank page (verso) Classification Albums Work Type album folio Date 19th century Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/98504 Physical Descriptions Medium Left: Brown ink over graphite on off-white modern laid paper; pricked and verso rubbed with red chalk and charcoal; Middle: red ink on off-white modern laid paper; pricked; Right: red ink on off-white modern laid paper (recto) Dimensions Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm Recto: sheet at left: 24.8 x 4 cm; sheet at middle: 14.7 x 8.6 cm; sheet at right: 24.7 x 3.8 cm Inscriptions and Marks watermark: Recto: sheet at left: watermark: eagle and horse in shield and letters GM (partial) watermark: Recto: sheet at center: watermark: shield (partial) watermark: Recto: sheet at right: watermark: eagle and horse in shield and letters GM (partial) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund Accession Year 1960 Object Number 1960.161.23 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Penley Knipe, The Papers in the Harvard Qajar Album, An Album of Artist’s Drawings from Qajar Iran, ed. David Roxburgh, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2015), Pages 55-59, Figure 1, Page 55 David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 35-36, fig.1; pp. 38, 55-56, fig. 1; pp. 81, 87, 93, 96-97, ill.; p. 112; folios 23a-b Related Works 1960.161 Album of Drawings and Paintings Albums Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
