1965.122: Rapids near Niagara Falls

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.122

People

William Morris Hunt, American (Brattleboro, VT 1824 - 1879 Isles of Shoals, NH)

Title

Rapids near Niagara Falls

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

19th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308789

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Charcoal on buff laid paper mounted to cardboard

Dimensions

22 x 28 cm (8 11/16 x 11 in.)
mount: 23.2 x 29.5 cm (9 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)
image: 21 x 27.3 cm (8 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: charcoal, l.l.: WMH [in monogram]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge MA, Bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.122

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Kathryn Price, A Strong Impression: William Morris Hunt's Niagara, brochure, Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA, 2009), ill. n.p.

Exhibition History

• The Late Landscapes of William Morris Hunt, University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, 01/15/1976 - 02/22/1976; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, 03/13/1976 - 04/25/1976
• A Strong Impression: William Morris Hunt's Niagara, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 10/17/2009 - 01/31/2010

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