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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.85
People
Esther A. Hathaway, American (Moretown VT 1876 - 1936 Montpelier VT?)
Title
Head of a Boy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
Oct 1898
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193369

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
63.2 x 48.2 cm (24 7/8 x 19 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: charcoal, l.r.: Esther A. Hathaway / Oct 1898 / Cowles
  • watermark: L. Berville
  • watermark: [in cursive:] Lalanne
  • inscription: u.r., charcoal [very faint]: Esther A. Hathaway

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Esther A. Hathaway, possibly by descent through family, 1936. Diane Curran (great- niece of the artist), Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Diane Curran in honor of William Allen Keegan, Harvard Class of 1945
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.85
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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