Study for an Illustration for Richard Hovey's Song "Hanover Winter Song"
Walter Beach Humphrey, American, 1892 - 1966
1937-1938
Oil on illustration board
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 14 1/2 in. (22.5 × 36.8 cm)
Frame: 15 3/4 × 21 3/8 in. (40 × 54.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Jane Oman in memory of her husband, Frederick P. Oman, Class of 1956 and of Carl Frederick Oman, Class of 1986, in memory of his father
P.996.41.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, in image, lower center: For the room has a spirit in the embers / Tis a god and our Fathers knew his name / And they worshipped him in long forgot Decem- / bers And their hearts leaped high with the Flame; stamped, in ink, on reverse, lower left: ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION / By / WALTER / -BEACH- / HUMPHREY / ESTATE SALE # 201H [handwritten in ink on stamped line]
Provenance
[Walter Beach Humphrey Estate Sale Stamp, 1966]; Jane and Frederick P. Oman (1935-1991), Class of 1956, Dallas, Texas; given to present collection, 1996.
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