Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Drawings
Kaaterskill Falls from Above the Ravine, Catskill Mountains, New York: Study for an Engraving
Object Number:
1900.7
Date:
c. 1836-37
Medium:
Brown ink wash with touches of white heightening on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 11/16 x 7 in. (11.9 x 17.8 cm)
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
Signed: on mat: "W. H. Bartlett."
Inscribed: in pencil on reverse of cardboard mount: "Katskill Falls from / the Ravine"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed at center right in brown ink: "The Cauterskill Fall / from above the ravine"; at lower center in graphite: "Aug[?] 1 / NB. All from the foreground is / forest. So give it the / proper character"
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
