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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.27
People
Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, French (Paris 1803 - 1860 Fontainebleau)
Title
A Patrol of Camel Riders
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1844-1845
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295241

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal and white chalk on light gray wove paper
Dimensions
26.5 x 45.8 cm (10 7/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, Harvard Class of 1903
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Vojtech Jirat-Wasiutynski and Thea Jirat-Wasiutynski, "The Uses of Charcoal in Drawing", Arts Magazine (October 1980), vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 128-135, p. 132, fig. 10
  • Agnes Mongan, David to Corot: French Drawings in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1996), cat. no. 98, repr.

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