Harpers Ferry from Below

1825-1827

Thomas Doughty

Artist, American, 1791 - 1856

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Artwork overview

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

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