Dragon Weeping, for "The Dragon's Story," by Tudor Jenks

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1919.15
People: Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title: Dragon Weeping, for "The Dragon's Story," by Tudor Jenks
Other Titles: Alternate Title: The Dragon's Story: "She Was Actually Shedding Sparks"
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1889
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/306026

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

sight: 11.2 x 8.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herf[ord]
inscription: lower edge, black ink, in artist's hand: She was actually shedding sparks

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Evert Jansen Wendell, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1919.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Evert J. Wendell
Accession Year: 1919
Object Number: 1919.15
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Tudor Jenks, "The Dragon's Story", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, September 1889), vol. XVI, no. 11, reproduced in b/w p. 817

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