Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.2
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Thunder Storm: Shore at Long Branch, New Jersey, High Tide
Object Number:
1947.552
Date:
1830s-40s
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, selective glazing, and scratching out on paper formerly 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: "Thunder Storm"
inscription: below picture: "Shore at Long Branch, N.J., High Tide"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in green watercolor: "G. HARVEY."; old mount inscribed above in brown watercolor: "THUNDER STORM.."; below: "SHORE at LONG BRANCH, N.J. HIGHTIDE."
Description:
Seascape
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is one of Harvey's different epochs of the day, ca. 1830s-40s.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles E. Dunlap
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
