Ploughing and Sowing | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1952.123
People: Designed by Walter Crane, British, English (Liverpool, England 1845 - 1915 London, England)
Manufactured by Maw & Company, British
Title: Ploughing and Sowing
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Sixteen tiles representing a man ploughing a field (framed together)
Classification: Plaques
Work Type: plaque
Date: 1889
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228834

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lustred and glazed earthenware

Dimensions

31.5 x 118.8 x 3.8 cm (12 3/8 x 46 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: l.l. in red: [WC?] in monogram
inscription: verso, graphite: S.E. corner of case

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Eames MacVeagh, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Eames MacVeagh
Accession Year: 1952
Object Number: 1952.123
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Sixteen tiles, framed together.

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