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Halt of the Wise Men,
1868
John La Farge, 1835–1910; born New York, NY; died Newport, RI
x1943-198
Information
Title
Halt of the Wise Men
Dates
1868
Maker
Medium
Watercolor and gouache over graphite
Dimensions
24.8 x 29.3 cm. (9 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1943-198
Inscription
in blue crayon, lower center: name on back
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
- F. J. Mather, "American paintings at Princeton University," Record of the Museum of Historic Art, Princeton University 2, no. 2 (1943): p. 2-15., pp. 11-12 (illus.)
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., p. 111, no. 111 (illus.)
- Barbara T. Ross, "A prime teaching collection at Princeton: The Platt and Mather drawings," Master Drawings 38, no. 3 (Autumn, 2000): p. 303-310., p. 304, fig. 2
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 146, cat. no. 32; p. 147 (illus.); p. 339, checklist no. 841
