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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M2780
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Afternoon Tea
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1895
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/262477

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 37.3 x 24.4 cm (14 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite butterfly
  • inscription: lower right, graphite, handwritten: dealer/collector inventory number (?): a9430
  • inscription: lower left, graphite, handwritten: print authority number: W (147 erased)
  • inscription: lower margin, toward center, graphite, handwritten: a short dash with a half arrow-head line running perpendicular to it from below
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite, handwritten: dealer/collector inventory number (?): a44615 (underlined) / nw-
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, black ink, stamped: initials HHB interlocking and overlapping: Lugt 2936, H.H. Benedict
  • inscription: lower margin, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: signature: [butterfly] (barely visible)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
H. H. Benedict, (2936).
Paul J. Sachs, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1924.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
only state
Standard Reference Number
Way 147; AIC 173

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
M2780
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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