1954.133: Simplon Pass
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1954.133
- People
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, British (London, England 1775 - 1851 Chelsea, England)
- Title
- Simplon Pass
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1850
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/294082
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 38 x 55.2 cm (14 15/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edward W. Forbes
- Accession Year
- 1954
- Object Number
- 1954.133
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Publication History
- Fogg Art Museum Handbook, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1936), ill. p. 112
- James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), p. 42, cat. 5, ill.
- Marjorie B. Cohn, Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1977), pp. 9, 11, 44, 46, 51, 60, p. 73 note 17, p. 74 note 19, p. 76 note 10, cat. no. 61 p. 110, repr. as pl. 6 p. 104
- Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 285, p. 243, repr.
- Edward Saywell, "Guide to Drawing Terms and Techniques", Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1998), vol. VI, no. 2, pp. 30-39, pp. 34-35 under "Paper"
Exhibition History
- Unidentified Exhibition, Wesleyan University, 1959, Davison Art Center, Middletown, 07/01/1959 - 08/31/1959
- Watercolors from the Fogg: An Historical Collection, St. Paul's School, Concord, 10/12/1971 - 11/20/1971
- Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1974 - 06/16/1974
- Wash and Gouache: A Study of the Development of the Materials of Watercolor, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1977 - 06/22/1977
- The Age of Romanticism, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 03/15/1986 - 05/18/1986
- Looking Back: The Western Tradition in Retrospect, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2018 - 05/06/2018
Verification Level
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