View of the Second Falls on the Sawkill River

c. 1840

John Rubens Smith

Artist, American, 1775 - 1849

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor with pen and black ink on wove paper mounted to wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ted Cooper)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.02 × 41.91 cm (13 × 16 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.2812


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Frank S. Schwarz & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Ted Cooper, Washington, DC, 1981; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

  • American Watercolors and Drawings, Frank S. Scharz & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981, no. 53, repro

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

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. 2, no. 14.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: J. R. Smith; lower center in black ink: View of the 2nd falls on the Sawkill near Mr. Montgomery's; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: J. R. Smith

Wikidata ID

Q64583876


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