View of the Second Falls on the Sawkill River, c. 1840

Not on View

Medium

watercolor with pen and black ink on wove paper mounted to wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 33.02 × 41.91 cm (13 × 16 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ted Cooper)

Accession Number

2015.19.2812

Artists / Makers

John Rubens Smith (artist) American, 1775 - 1849

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Cooper, Ted
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Schwarz & Son, Frank S.

Exhibition History

1981: American Watercolors and Drawings, Frank S. Scharz & Son, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1981, no. 53, repro

1981: Early America on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1750-1850, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

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.