Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
View of the Great Falls of the Potomac River
Object Number:
1958.71
Date:
1795
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite on half of folded sheet
Dimensions:
folded sheet: 8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm)
Marks:
inscription: upper left, on image page: "hight[sic] of the falls between 50 & 60 feet"
inscription: upper right, on image page: "Gt. Falls of the Potomak[sic] April 6 / Rocks Slate color"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in brown ink: "hight of falls between 50 & 60 feet"; at upper right: "Gt. Falls of the Potomack april 6"; below in graphite: "Rocks Slate color"
Description:
Topographical view
Credit Line:
Gift of Reverend J.E. Strickland
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family; the Reverend J.E. Strickland, Gouray Lodge, Jersey, Channel Islands
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
