Study for "View of Springfield on the Connecticut River"
c. 1819
Artist, American, 1792 - 1863
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Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite with gray wash on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 24.92 × 37.78 cm (9 13/16 × 14 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.563
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Victor Spark, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1977
Changing Prospects: Views of America on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Tour of Canada), 1977-1979
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 4, no. 20.
Inscriptions
lower left verso in graphite: Alvan / Fisher; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: black and gilt canvas mat 16 x 21
Wikidata ID
Q64534668