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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.161.22
Title
Folio 22 from an Album of Drawings and Paintings: Sheet of portrait sketches and flowers (recto); Two sheets: dog and decorative frames; kneeling couple and mixed bouquet (verso)
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album folio
Date
19th century
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/98439

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown counterproof on off-white wove paper; blind embossing on verso (recto); Top: red and brown inks over graphite on off-white wove paper (verso); Bottom: red ink over graphite, watercolor on off-white wove paper (verso)
Dimensions
Folio: 32.5 x 22 cm
Recto: sheet: 17.1 x 11.1 cm
Verso: sheet at top: 11.1 x 10.1 cm; sheet at bottom: 6.8 x 13.4 cm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Verso: sheet at top: ink drawing of a man on a horse; graphite inscription in unknown language at top left of sheet, written vertically between horse's legs, verified by Penley Knipe.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.161.22
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 18, 20-21, fig. 7; pp. 27-28, 42-43, 71, 112; folios 22a-b

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Verification Level

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