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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.427
People
David Claypoole Johnston, American (Philadelphia, PA 1798 - 1865 Dorchester, MA)
Title
Flowing River with Rocks
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1825-1830
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305948

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, gum arabic, and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
19.1 x 29.4 cm (7 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: J. W[hatman] / T[urkey Mill]
  • inscription: removed from old mount [now in curatorial file], graphite: {not in artist's hand]: D. C. Johnston inv et fec

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Accession Year
1898
Object Number
1898.427
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 311-13, cat. 271, ill.

Verification Level

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