Collection Highlights
Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith
Date:
1822
Object Number:
MSS.BV.AfricanFreeSchool.Vol4.
Medium:
Manuscript
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Crow's Nest on the Hudson River, New York; verso: fragmentary landscape sketch
Object Number:
1923.115
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. ( 30.2 x 47.9 cm )
Marks:
signed: verso: "Drawn by John W. Hill (Hudson River)"
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed and signed vertically at right in graphite: "Drawn by John W. Hill (Hudson River)"
Gallery Label:
The title, Crow's Nest on the Hudson, was ascribed to this drawing because of a closely similar pen-and-ink sketch by John Henry Hill (q.v.) from an original by John William Hill. See J.H. Hill, John William Hill: An Artist's Memorial (1888), p.7.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
