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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1919.21
People
Oliver Herford, American (Sheffield England 1863 - 1935)
Title
The Mongoose and the Crocodile, for "The Merry Mongoose," by Helen Hay
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Merry Mongoose. What a Mouth
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1895
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306071

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
sight: 24.1 x 38.1 cm (9 1/2 x 15 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, center left: O. Herford
  • inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: l.l.: "My, what a mouth!"
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, erased: 5 1/2
  • watermark: BOSTON CO[ ]

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
1919.21
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Helen Hay, "The Merry Mongoose", St. Nicholas, Scribner & Co. (New York, NY, August 1895), vol. XXII, no. 10, reproduced in b/w p. 846

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