1991.95: The Weeping Harpist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1991.95

People

William Morris Hunt, American (Brattleboro, VT 1824 - 1879 Isles of Shoals, NH)

Title

The Weeping Harpist

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/309923

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on cream laid paper

Dimensions

image: 28.4 x 20.4 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
actual: 29.2 x 21.3 cm (11 1/2 x 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: scratched in, l.r.: WMH [in monogram]
• inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: 1115 13 1/2 x 6 1/2 [ ]
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and handwritten: No. 1115
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: H24

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Descended through Hunt family; Hope Davis Fine Art, New York NY; sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Andrew Wyeth Fund for the Purchase of American Drawings

Accession Year

1991

Object Number

1991.95

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• The Return of William Morris Hunt, auct. cat. (Boston, 1986), p. 15, no. H-24, repr.

Exhibition History

• The Return of William Morris Hunt, Vose Galleries of Boston, Inc., Boston, 09/30/1986 - 11/26/1986
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/20/2023 - 07/24/2023
• Flowers of Evil: Symbolist Drawings, 1870–1910, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/21/2016 - 08/14/2016

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