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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1994.49
People
Martin Johnson Heade, American (Lumberville, PA 1819 - 1904 St. Augustine, FL)
Title
Two Views of Lake Champlain
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1860
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310051

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
16.4 × 25.6 cm (6 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: center right, graphite, in artist's hand: Lake Champlain / Burlington
  • inscription: l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Bishop's residence & college / Burlington Vt
  • inscription: u.l. [on shore], graphite, in artist's hand: rocky
  • inscription: l.r. [on beach], graphite, in artist's hand: sandy
  • inscription: verso, blue ball-point pen, signed: This was drawn by my great uncle / Martin Johnson Heade / Elsie Housley June 12th 69 / This was drawn by my great uncle / Martin Johnson Heade / Elsie Housley June 12 - 69

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
By descent from the artist to his nephew, Sam Heed, Lumberville, PA.; to his daughter, Mrs. Elsie Heed Housley, Lumberville, PA, 1969; sold (?) to a private collector, New Jersey; sold to Spanierman Gallery, 1993; sold to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1994.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alvin Whitley Fund
Accession Year
1994
Object Number
1994.49
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT, 1975), pp. 288-289
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Yale University Press, The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade: A Critical Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven and London, 2000), cat. no. 620.38

Exhibition History

  • Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006

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