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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.513
People
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British (Slough 1792 - 1872 Collingwood)
Title
No 566 Menai Suspension Bridge From the Beach on the Anglesea Side
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
September 29, 1827
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374338

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white laid paper, executed with a camera lucida
Dimensions
24.3 × 37.7 cm (9 9/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: left edge: J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL
  • inscription: top, center, brown ink: No 566
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: Menai Bridge / Angelsea Side of the Strait / from the North or / from the Beaumaris side / of the Bridge road
  • inscription: bottom, brown ink: JF Herschel delin. Cam Luc. Sep. 29. 1827. Menai Suspension Bridge from the Beach on the Anglesea Side
  • inscription: lower center, graphite, erased?: M
  • inscription: left, graphite, erased?: i. h. B [illegible text] / [illegible text] 110
  • inscription: bottom center, graphite: Eye / 9 inches = x
  • inscription: lower left center, graphite: eye 9 in
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 301377.10
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: Menai Bridge / view from Angelsea side

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Family of Sir John Herschel, by descent. [Maggs Brothers, London]. Graham Nash. Private Collection. [Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc. Fine Photographs, New York], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Donald Outerbridge & Robert M. Light Commemorative Drawing Purchase Fund
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.513
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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