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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.558
People
Henry Hitchings, American (Boston, MA 1823 - 1902 Boston, MA)
Title
"Purgatory," Sutton, Massachusetts
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Landscape with Rocks, Trees , and two Gentlemen
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1852
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306007

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown and gray wash, graphite and scratchwork on cream wove paper
Dimensions
37.9 x 28.3 cm (14 15/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: scratched at l.r.: H. Hitchings; black ink: 1852
  • inscription: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, graphite: Scene in the town of Sutton / in Worcester County, Massachusetts. Called "Purgatory" / Designed on the spot by Henry Hitchings of Boston. / (Mr. Hitchings completed this drawing for me in May 1852) JW Randall

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
1898.558
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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