1943.926: Two Ladies Working at an Embroidery Frame

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.926

People

Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour, French (Grenoble, France 1836 - 1904 Buré (Orne), France)

Title

Two Ladies Working at an Embroidery Frame

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1853

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297094

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on gray wove paper

Dimensions

26.5 x 41.2 cm (10 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: u.l., black chalk: Fantin, 1853
• stamp: verso: lower left, red ink: j:P:H [John Postle Heseltine, Lugt 1508].
  (This mark also appears on the Winthrop mount.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Postle Heseltine (L. 1508), his sale [Sotheby's, London, May 27-29, 1935, lot 233]; to Martin Birnbaum for Grenville L. Winthrop, 1935; bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.926

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Christopher Lloyd, Impressionism: Pastels, Watercolors, Drawings, exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI, 2011), p. 43, repr. p. 44 as fig. 11

Exhibition History

• The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986

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