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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.131
People
Attributed to John Singleton Copley, American (Boston, MA 1738 - 1815 London, England)
Title
Mother and Child
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305877

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red crayon on brown laid paper
Dimensions
32.3 x 28 cm (12 11/16 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: verso, blue and black ink, stamped and handwritten: [stamped, blue ink:] John Witt Randall Coll / Harvard College / [handwritten, black ink:] 71
  • inscription: l.l., brown ink: J. S. Copley

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Sarah White; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.131
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jules David Prown, John Singleton Copley, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1966), vol. I, p. 242

Verification Level

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