Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Portrait of Henry James
View through Harvard Museums
Department of Drawings
Henry James to; his sister Alice (1848-1892)[1]; reclaimed after her death by Henry James. After James’s death his heirs sent “his most valuable property ” including the drawing to the U.S.; [2] James’s nephew Henry (Harry) (1879-1947); to his brother William (Billy) (1882-1961); William’s son John Sumner Runnells James (1914-1969); presumably sold by him. [3] [Victor D. Spark New York] sold; to John D. Rockefeller 1968 to; his daughter Sandra Ferry (1935-2024) Boston; the Estate of Sandra Ferry bequest; to Harvard Art Museums 2025
[1] Letter from Henry James to William James Sept. 10 1886: “... I shall present (probably) [the drawing] to Alice when it is mounted.” (Edel “Henry James Letters ” p. 132)
[2] Anesko p. 47.
[3] Ibid.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Sandra Ferry
Related Results
Sketchbook
Sketchbook
Sketchbook with blue- and black-fabric-covered cardboard covers. Sewn page block; pages of off-white wove paper, each 27.6 x 21.6 cm. Each sheet numbered on verso at l.l. Drawin...
Portrait of Henry VIII of England
Portrait of Henry VIII of England
During the 16th century portraiture was the leading genre in England and almost the only one to which artists could devote themselves following the events of the early 1530s, the c...
Album containing prints clipped from American and British periodicals
Album containing prints clipped from American and British periodicals
Hand-colored etching engraving lithograph mezzotint...
Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years of Sleep, One Hundred Million Scattered Pieces
Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years of Sleep, One Hundred Million Scattered Pieces
This triptych comprises a set of three hanging scrolls, each painted in ink on paper. The central scroll is a formal portrait of Mao Zedong (1893–1976); the flanking scrolls repres...