Fragonard drawings for Ariosto proofs
Overview
Philip Hofer's preliminary proofs of Fragonard Drawings for Ariosto, notes, and correspondence.
Dates
- Creation: 1945
Language of Materials
In English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.416 linear feet (5 volumes)Includes two volumes of the Fragonard drawings for Ariosto collection containing preliminary proofs and an editor's copy. With Essays by Elizabeth Mongan, Philip Hofer, and Jean Seznec that would be published for the National Gallery of Art and the Harvard College Library. It also includes Hofer's notes, correspondence, and edits.
Biographical / Historical
Philip Hofer was a book collector, Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts for Houghton Library, and secretary at Fogg Museum at Harvard University.
Arrangement
Collection is minimally processed and described at the collection level.
Physical Location
AS
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2019MH-48. Gifted by the Bequest of Philip Hofer, Class of 1921.
Processing Information
Processed by Magdaline Lawhorn, 2019.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984. Fragonard drawings for Ariosto proofs, 1945 (MS Typ 1273): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2019 April 19
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou03161
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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