DrawingsAmerican19th century

Initial A, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

1891

Artists

Oliver HerfordArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 23.5 x 18.1 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.) framed: 46.99 x 36.83 x 1.91 cm (18 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

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