1919.25: The Crocodile Rejected, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1919.25

People

Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)

Title

The Crocodile Rejected, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

Other Titles

Alternate Title: The Crocodile. Crocodile Resting

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1891

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306054

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

19.4 x 31.8 cm (7 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Framed: 36.83 x 46.99 x 1.91 cm (14 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: black ink, l.r.: O. Herford
• inscription: u.l., graphite, partially erased: St. N. verse: "The Crocodile" / [erased: "The Eels"]
• stamp: upper center, black ink, stamped: 5600
• inscription: verso, black crayon: St. N. / A 2302
• inscription: verso, blue pencil: Herford / P / 9 x 6 / The Crocodile (5 dwgs) / 19-143 / 4.00 (40.00)
• stamp: verso, purple ink, stamped: Art Department / The Century Co. / Union Square, / New York City
• blind stamp: REYNOLD'S / BRISTOLBOARD [with design of a crown]

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

1919.25

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Oliver Herford, "The Crocodile", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, December 1891), vol. XIX, no. 2, reproduced in b/w p. 143
• Oliver Herford, Artful Anticks, The Century Co. (New York, NY, 1894), repr. p. 67

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