Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mt. Vesuvius from the Sea
Object Number:
1918.113
Date:
1841
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/16 x 10 1/4 in. ( 17.9 x 26 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Vesuvius, in passing from Sorrento to Naples / March 20th. 1841"
Description:
Landscape
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Nora Durand Woodman
Provenance:
Descent through the artist's family
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
