Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Museum Collections
Drawings
View of the Potomac River, Harper's Ferry, Virginia
Object Number:
1956.146
Date:
c. 1795
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/4 x 15 7/8 in. ( 28.6 x 40.3 cm )
frame: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Inscriptions:
Old mount reputedly inscribed: "View down the 'Potomac from the junction of the Shenandoah and the Cohongoronta in Virginia"
Description:
Landscape
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.
