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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
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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

Verification Level

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