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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1944.41
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Harvard Hall
Other Titles
Former Title: Design of University Hall, built A. D. 1766
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
after 1870
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308015

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and graphite on off-white tracing paper mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
32.4 x 26.6 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.)
mount: 34.1 x 28 cm (13 7/16 x 11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in design, at top, graphite: University Hall built A. D. 1766 / Built by Sir John Reid for the Univer[ ] / [line of illegible text-- composed of X's and O's, as if meant to be a place-keeper, not real text]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dikran Khorigian, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dikran Khorigian
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
1944.41
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Although this work is inscribed "University Hall," it depicts Harvard Hall. The drawing shows the building after its 1870 renovation by Ware and Van Brunt. The emblems at the top of the drawing that resemble Harvard crests are merely decorative and do not represent any of Harvard's schools.

Verification Level

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