Sketches of Horses; verso: Two Greyhounds

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1998.261
People: Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix, French (Charenton Saint-Maurice France 1798 - 1863 Paris France)
Title: Sketches of Horses; verso: Two Greyhounds
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Eleven horse sketches
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 19th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/312334

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Brown ink on cream wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions: 21 x 28.3 cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, CT, Bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 1998. Orswell placed work on long-term loan from 1972 to 1998.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Lois Orswell Collection
Accession Year: 1998
Object Number: 1998.261
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 340, fig. 198, p. 365, 369

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