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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.181
People
Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
Title
Sketchbook ("1895"): Aboard the "Kaiser Wilhelm II"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
sketchbook
Date
1895
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307710

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown fabric-bound sketchbook
Dimensions
13 x 22.5 x 1 cm (5 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: front cover, paper and red pencil, handwritten: Sketchbook / 1895
  • stamp: back pastedown, purple ink, stamped: WADSWORTH - HOWLAND - & - CO. BOSTON [in circle with design of owl and palette]
  • inscription: rear pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: Largest two windows 965 / 3 yds / 6 in / [ ] smaller 2 yds 12 in = 7 ft / 2 windows 1 yd each. / Balcony 2 yds 10 in.
  • inscription: back pastedown, graphite, in artist's hand: 3633 / 1896 / [sum=] 5539; 1600 / 1896 / [sum=] 3496

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the artist to his nephew, Thorvald Ross, at his death (?), 1936; gift of Mr. & Mrs. Thorvald Ross to the Fogg Art Museum, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thorvald Ross
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.181
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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