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A Glimpse into Hell, or Fear
by Elihu Vedder
Inscriptions
Inscription in lower right is difficult to type. It says 1888, but in between the 18 and 88 is a vertical line; on one side of the line is a 9, on the other an 8 (the 9 and 8 are underneath the 1888); after the numbers it says: ROMA
Provenance
George F. Harding, Jr. (1868–1939), Chicago, by 1939 [Harding Collection no. 947]; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, 1939 [the museum closed in 1964 and the collection was placed in storage in Chicago and New York]; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 30, 1982 [incoming receipt, RX13605, July 30, 1982; copy in curatorial object file]; accessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Elihu Vedder (American, 1836–1923)
- Date
- 1888–98
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 40 × 52.4 cm (15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Place
- Rome
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
- Accession no.
- 1982.776
More by Elihu Vedder in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00001397
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