Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Museum Collections
Hudson River School
View from the Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina, Sicily, with Mount Etna (Smoking)
Object Number:
1932.45
Date:
c. 1868
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on canvas, laid on Japanese paper and wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 14 in. ( 22.9 x 35.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left with a stylus: "Taromina, Sicily"; signed at lower right: "T H Hotchkiss"; reverse of canvas inscribed (before conservation): "Taormina / Island of Sicily / Painted by Thomas H. Hotchkiss / Presented to / Lucy M. Durand Woodman"
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
This painting was presented to Lucy Maria Durand Woodman, daughter of Asher B. Durand, and mother of Nora Durand Woodman.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Provenance:
Estate of Thomas Hiram Hotchkiss; Asher B. Durand and Family; Lucy Durand Woodman, Orange, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
