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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.142
People
John Martin, British (Haydon Bridge, England 1789 - 1854 Douglas, Isle of Man)
Title
Shipwreck
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1816
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296924

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash, touches of graphite, and scratchwork on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
23.4 x 33.6 cm (9 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.l., black ink: J. MARTIN
  • exhibition label: removed from reverse, paper: Agnes Etherington Art Centre / Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario / Exhibition: Romanticism / Date: January 10-27, 1965 / Artist: John Martin 1789-1854 / Title: Shipwreck / Cat. #: 15 / Owned by: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Univ.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard L. Feigen, by 1962, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Richard L. Feigen
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.142
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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