Harpers Ferry from Below
1825-1827
Artist, American, 1791 - 1856
Thomas Doughty
Attributed to
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G22
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor with pen and black ink on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Orme Wilson)
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Dimensions
sheet: 18.26 × 28.58 cm (7 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.136.203
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(James Graham & Sons, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1964
Six Early American Portraits an A Group of American Drawings, James Graham & Sons, New York, 1964, no. 3
1976
American Art in the Making: Preparatory Studies for Masterpieces of American Painting, 1800-1900, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1976-1977
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 14-15, no. 4
2006
American Landscape: Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006
Bibliography
1965
Hayes, Bartlett H., Jr. Drawings of the Masters: American Drawings. New York: Shorewood, 1965, pl. 22.
1971
Wilmerding, John. Nineteenth Century American Painting. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971.
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. 22.
Inscriptions
lower left in black ink: Harpers Ferry from below; lower left in brown ink: Doughty
Wikidata ID
Q64633207