Prehistoric Man, Two Horses, and a Serpent

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1936.154.50
People: Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title: Prehistoric Man, Two Horses, and a Serpent
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study of Prehistoric Creatures
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th-20th century
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/307604

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink over graphite on thin tracing paper mounted to off-white cardboard

Dimensions

7.8 x 15.4 cm (3 1/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
mount: 35.5 x 25.5 cm (14 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: mount, below image, graphite, in artist's hand: Man, two horses, and a Serpent, engraved on horn. 3/4 natural Size. La Madelaine, Dordogne / Wilson p 400
inscription: upper edge of mount, graphite, in artist's hand: Representation. Examples from the Paleolithic or Earliest Stone Age

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875
Accession Year: 1936
Object Number: 1936.154.50
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This is a tracing from an illustration in Thomas Wilson's Prehistoric Art, Washington, 1898, p. 400, fig. 59.

Verification Level

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