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A large tree dominates a vertical landscape, with a low waterfall in the foreground.

In this vertical, nocturnal landscape, a large tree with curly foliage rises from a riverbank. A river rushes down an incline, flowing around large rocks toward the viewer. There are smaller trees at left and right, as well as in the distance, flanking the river. The moon appears through the branches of the large tree, surrounded by clouds. The moon’s reflection brightens the surface of the water.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.350
People
Stephen Greeley Putnam, American (born 1852)
After Ralph Albert Blakelock, American (New York, NY 1847 - 1919 Middletown, NY)
Title
A Waterfall by Moonlight
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Engravings on Wood by Members of the Society of American Wood-Engravers
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1887
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370345

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood engraving on Japanese paper
Technique
Wood engraving
Dimensions
image: 25.2 × 15.4 cm (9 15/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
sheet: 37.5 × 24.7 cm (14 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: R. A. Blakelock
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: S. G. Putnam.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.350
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William M. Laffan, Engravings on Wood by Members of the Society of American Wood-Engravers, Harper and Brothers Publishers (New York, 1887), pl. 20 (not Harvard impression)

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