The Cross in the Wilderness
c. 1844
Artist, American, 1801 - 1848

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite with gray-green, green-brown, and white chalk on gray paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet (diameter): 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.)
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Accession
1983.2.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; acquired 1983 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1980
American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980, 162, fig. 196.
1986
Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.
Bibliography
1976
Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 25.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: T. Cole
Wikidata ID
Q64633188