Harvard Art Museums > 2003.240: Dagger Weapons and Ammunition Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Dagger (Unidentified Artist) , 2003.240,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/70808. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2003.240 People Unidentified Artist Title Dagger Other Titles Alternate Title: Romantic Dagger Classification Weapons and Ammunition Work Type dagger Date c. 1840s Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/70808 Physical Descriptions Medium Cast bronze with gilded silver and engraved steel Technique Cast Dimensions 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History David & Constance Yates, New York, NY, Sold to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Mariot Fraser Solomon in memory of Arthur K. Solomon Accession Year 2003 Object Number 2003.240 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Dagger in the romantic style, the handle a cast figure of "Invidia" (Envy) with serpents intertwining her legs and in her hair, piercing herself with a dagger; a sharp steel pointed blade and a decorative sheath with incised grotesques including a dragon and cast bronze mounts of strapwork and masks. Publication History Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ivan Gaskell, Sara Schechner, and Sarah Anne Carter, Tangible Things: Making History through Objects, Oxford University Press (NY) (New York, 2015), p. 17, repr. as fig. 18 Exhibition History Tangible Things, The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Cambridge, 01/24/2011 - 05/29/2011 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
