Harpers Ferry from Jefferson Rock

1857

Rau & Son

Printer, German, active mid-19th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.37 × 47.15 cm (11 9/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 45.09 × 63.34 cm (17 3/4 × 24 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.3615.5

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1876; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

text on stone:
Album of Virginia. / Taken from Nature by Ed. Beyer / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1857 by Ed. Beyer in the Clerks Office of the District of Virginia / Rau & Son, Lith. Dresden. / Harper's [sic] Ferry from Jefferson Rock / Jefferson Co. Va.

Wikidata ID

Q77260822

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