Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Moon Rising. Western Prairie. Hunters Alarmed
Object Number:
1947.559
Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, glazing, scratching out, and scraping over graphite on paper laid on beige card
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 5/8 in. ( 21.3 x 34.6 cm )
Marks:
signed: lower right: "G. Harvey"
inscription: above picture: "Moon Rising"
inscription: below picture: "Western Prarie . Hunters Alarmed"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left of center in black ink: "G. HARVEY"; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "MOON RISING."; below: "WESTERN PRAIRIE. HUNTERS ALARMED."
Description:
Landscape
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830s-40s.
Bibliography:
Olson, Roberta J. M. "George Harvey's Anglo-American atmospheric landscapes." The Magazine Antiques 174 (2008): 112-121.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
