Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of Cohoes Falls, Mohawk River, New York
Object Number:
1906.22
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 17.1 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: Lower left: Choes (sic) Falls on the Mohawk River / 170 miles From New-york. Same inscription in French, lower right: chutes de Cohoes Sur la Riviere ( Mohawk a 170 milles de New-york. Bottom: meilleur effet que cette au (?)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left outside image in brown ink: "Choes Falls in the Mohawk River / 170 miles From New York."; at lower right outside image: "chutes du Cohoes Sur la Rivière / Mohawk à 170 milles nord de New-york."; below at left: "meilleur effet que celle au bistre"
Credit Line:
Gift of Daniel Parish, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
