Old Roman Tower at Andernach, Rhine

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1981.135
People: Samuel Colman, American (Portland, ME 1832 - 1920 New York, NY)
Title: Old Roman Tower at Andernach, Rhine
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1872
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/309257

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, watercolor and gouache on blue paper

Dimensions

actual: 19.2 x 13.8 cm (7 9/16 x 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: graphite, l.l.: S. Colman
inscription: June 28th '72, l.r., brown ink, in artist's hand: Old Roman Tower at Andernacht [sic] / Rhine / June 28th '72

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Gift of the artist to his sister, Marion Colman Shattuck, Granby, CT; to her daughter, Isabel Colman Shattuck; her bequest to Helen Shattuck Stuart, 1967; to Katherine Stuart Emigh.
Katherine Stuart Emigh, New Britain, CT; sold at Christie's, New York, March 26-27, 1981, lot 431; sold to Frederick R. Koch; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederick R. Koch
Accession Year: 1981
Object Number: 1981.135
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

American posters and prints, drawings and watercolors, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, NY, March 26, 1981 - March 27, 1981), reproduced in b/w, lot 431

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