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Mr. G. French as Harlequin

CultureEnglish
Date19th century
MediumHand-colored engraving
DimensionsPlate: 8 1/8 × 6 1/16 inches (20.65 × 15.39 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Mary Russell Perkins from the Estate of Katherine Harvey
Object number63-28/46
On View
Not on view
Collections
Exhibition History

[No known exhibitions at this time]

Provenance

Katherine Harvey (1892-1962), Santa Barbara, CA, and Independence, MO, by 1962;

To her friend Mary Russell Perkins (1883-1970), Santa Barbara, CA, and Milton, MA, by May 9, 1963 [1];

Given by Mary Russell Perkins to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1963.

NOTES:

[1] See Stephen Fried, Appetite for America: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West—One Meal at a Time (New York: Bantam Books, 2011), 267.

Published References

George L. McKenna, Prints, 1460-1995 (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1996), 285, (repro.), as Mr. G. French as Harlequin.

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