Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Landscape with Lake and Distant Mountains
Object Number:
1947.518
Date:
1866
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 14 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 35.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: lower left: "J.W. Hill/1866"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in red watercolor: "J.W. Hill / 1866"
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Provenance:
Gordon Lester Ford, Brooklyn, New York before 1879; Mrs. Russell Skeel, Jr., Harriman, New York and Tucson , Arizona, by 1947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
