View of the Second Falls on the Sawkill River
c. 1840
Artist, American, 1775 - 1849

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor with pen and black ink on wove paper mounted to wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 33.02 × 41.91 cm (13 × 16 1/2 in.)
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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