James McCullough's Leadmill

1844

Jasper Francis Cropsey

Associated Names
Jasper Francis Cropsey

Artist, American, 1823 - 1900

The image shows a landscape with several buildings and trees on the horizon, a river or wide path flowing across the scene, and grass and foliage in the foreground. The composition features an expansive sky dominating most of the image. The artwork utilizes muted tones of gray and soft browns, with intricate details in pencil strokes to depict textures of vegetation and rocks.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Victor Spark, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1845

  • Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 1845, no. 16

1970

  • Jasper Cropsey, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1970-1971, pp. 63-64, no. 2, repro

1975

  • In Praise of Space, Westminster College Art Gallery, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania; Parsons School of Design, New York, 1975-1976

1979

  • Drawings of Jasper F. Cropsey, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, 1979-1980

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. 37, no. 264.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: J.P. Crospey / May 24 1844; center verso in graphite: James McCollough's Leadmill / on the Esopus Creek Saugerties Ulster Co N.Y.; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 3/4 [not deciphered] 16 x 21 1/4

Wikidata ID

Q64580961

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