Brook | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1898.421
People: James David Smillie, American (New York NY 1833 - 1909 New York NY)
Title: Brook
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1859
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305945

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on white wove paper

Dimensions

13 x 8.6 cm (5 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.: JDS [in monogram] Dec / 59
inscription: old mount, now in curatorial file, black ink: J. D. Smillie
inscription: old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: 363 [in circle]
inscription: verso, tl: RA

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: 1898.421
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Paper is cut into a rounded arch shape at top.

Exhibition History

American Landscape Drawings from the John Witt Randall Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/10/1983 - 07/01/1983

Verification Level

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1898.421: Brook