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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1915.2
People
Felix Octavius Carr Darley, American (Philadelphia PA 1822 - 1888 Claymont DE)
Title
The Interview, from "The Scarlet Letter"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Scene from The Scarlet Letter
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1879
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306030

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on off-white card
Dimensions
38.6 x 53.4 cm (15 3/16 x 21 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper margin, graphite: The Interview
  • inscription: u.r., graphite and black ink: [in graphite, erased:] No. 2; [black ink:] 2
  • inscription: graphite: "As he spoke he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter."
  • inscription: right edge, graphite: B 12 7/8 + 17 1/2
  • stamp: back of mat, purple ink, stamped: Jul 4 1906 / 885 2
  • stamp: back of mat, purple ink, stamped: [stamped, rubbed out:] 885 1

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William A. White, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1915.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William A. White
Accession Year
1915
Object Number
1915.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pinholes at corners.

Publication History

  • Felix Octavius Carr Darley, Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter", Houghton, Osgood (Boston, MA, 1879), repr. pl. II (unpaginated)

Verification Level

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