Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doorway of Craigie-Longfellow House, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Object Number:
1936.819
Date:
1917
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/16 x 8 5/8 in. ( 28.4 x 21.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 10 in. ( 35.6 x 25.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower: "Doorway of/The Craigie-Long-fellow House- Cambridge- Mass. etc..."
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Doorway of / the Craigie-Longfellow House. / Cambridge -- Mass...."
Description:
Architecture detail
Gallery Label:
Washington and his wife Martha are on the doorstep. This preliminary study includes a note by the artist that it was done for the Campbell Art Co., November 15, 1917.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Harry A. Ogden
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
