Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Prepatory drawing (shita-e) of cranes, various floral motifs, and hiro artist seal.
Call Number
E Row 1/GC063/Box 06/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift GA 2008.01191
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dv13zt34g
Publisher
n.d. [mid-19th c.].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1835-1865
Extent
1 item ; sheet 16.4 x 27 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Ink and color on paper
Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
Unsigned. The diamond-shaped hiro seal was the artistic seal used by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) and his followers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Birds in art
Cranes (Birds) in art
Flowers in art
Studies (visual works).

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/534f7a40-6918-440a-abb1-b9e935305fae/manifest