DrawingsAmerican19th century

Two Small Landscapes and Small Sketch of Figures; verso: Marbled Endpaper

1860

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

One of the landscapes and the sketch with figures are vertically oriented; the other landscape is horizontally oriented.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on darkened off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.2 x 14 cm (9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)

Provenance

By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

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