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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.396
People
Matthew J. Whipple, American (active 19th c.)
After ? Johann Gottlieb Glume, German (Berlin 1711 - 1778)
Title
Old Man and Boy Reading, after Glume (?)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305902

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
mount: 35.5 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
actual: 12.9 x 10.9 cm (5 1/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: removed from old mount, now adhered to backing mat, blue pencil: MW f. / J. G. Ghame inv.
  • inscription: removed from old mat, now adhered to mount, graphite: 231
  • inscription: backing mat, graphite: 456

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1898.396
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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