Collection Highlights
Invitation to Erie Canal Celebration
Date:
1825
Object Number:
PR.221.12
Medium:
Engraving
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Study of Tree Trunks; verso: sketch of leaves and tree branches
Object Number:
1947.418
Date:
1823
Medium:
Brown ink and wash; verso: brown ink over graphite on paper that has disintegrated into two pieces
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 15/16 x 10 1/8 in. (15.1 x 25.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed on second, lower section of paper in brown ink: "From Nature / near Pittsburgh / Thomas Cole"
Description:
Landscape Study
Credit Line:
Gift of an anonymous donor
Provenance:
Miss Polly Alloway, Goshen , New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
