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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1931.202
People
Lester George Hornby, American (Lowell, MA 1882 - 1956 Rockport,MA)
Title
State House from the Common, Boston
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306586

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on heavy cream wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 27.8 x 23 cm (10 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: L. G. Hornby
  • inscription: l.l. of mat, graphite: State House from the Common
  • inscription: beneath image, graphite: 3 3/4" / plate mark 4"
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: upper 5 1/8 high / 1/4 margin at left
  • inscription: l.r. of mat, graphite: 4607

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles Henry Taylor, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1931.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Henry Taylor
Accession Year
1931
Object Number
1931.202
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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