H x W (image, each): 133.7 x 32.2 cm (52 5/8 x 12 11/16 in)
Type:
Calligraphy
Origin:
China
Date:
1887
Period:
Qing dynasty
Provenance:
To 1997
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (born 1929), New York City, to 1997
From 1997
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in 1997 [1]
Notes:
[1] The total gift from the Ellsworth collection consists of nearly three-hundred objects (F1997.42-.85 and F1998.83-294). All Chinese calligraphy in the proposed gift were published more than ten years ago in Mr. Ellsworth's Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: 1800-1950 vol. 3 (New York: Random House, 1986) (see Curatorial Note 4, Joseph Chang and Stephen D. Allee, May 19, 1998, in the object record).
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)
