Three female figures in brightly colored ancient robes, stand apart from each other against a cobalt blue background.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The first figure on the left stands in three-quarter view, facing towards the right, holding up a golden chalice in her right hand, head slightly bent to show more of the neck. The middle figure faces forward with head turned slightly right, looking to the right, holding a small flaming cup in the right hand at waist level and a flowers cradled in the left arm. The figure on the right faces us with a slight turn to the left, looking left. Her hands together in a praying gesture. There’s handwriting at the bottom in the margi

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1957.21
People
John La Farge, American (New York, NY 1835 - 1910 Providence, RI)
Title
Faith, Hope, and Charity, Study for Window, Trinity Church, Chicago
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Three Standing Female Figures
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1900 - 1902
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308491

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor on buff wove paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 24.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Border drawn around image.: 14.2 x 22.4 cm (5 9/16 x 8 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, lower center, in image: J LAFARGE 1900--
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite, in artist's hand: Faith Charity Hope colour sketch of similar drawing (1902 JLF)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sale, Doll and Richards, Boston, 1904; purchased at that sale by Mrs. Roland C. Lincoln, Boston; her bequest (?) to her daughter, Bessie Lincoln Potter, and son-in-law, Murray Anthony Potter, Boston, 1920.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Murray Anthony and Bessie Lincoln Potter
Accession Year
1957
Object Number
1957.21
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Image divided into three separate panels. Paper from old mount covers verso.

Publication History

  • Helen Barbara Weinberg, "The Decorative Work of John La Farge" (Thesis, Columbia University, 1977), Garland Press, p. 233, note 1; reproduced fig. 171
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., American Watercolors and Pastels 1875-1950 at the Fogg Art Museum, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 210-211, cat. no. 161, reproduced in color, p. 210

Exhibition History

  • Exhibition and Private Sale of Pictures, Drawings and Sketches by Mr. John La Farge, Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston, 02/26/1904 - 03/16/1904
  • American Watercolors and Pastels, 1875-1950, at the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/08/2006 - 06/25/2006
  • 32Q: 2130 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/01/2023 - 10/16/2023

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