Fort Hamilton, Staten Island

1854

Jasper Francis Cropsey

Associated Names
Jasper Francis Cropsey

Artist, American, 1823 - 1900

The image is a pencil sketch of a beach scene. The horizon is slightly above the center, with a strip of land meeting the sea. Some boats are visible on the water. The sketchy pencil lines depict various textures like the sea and trees. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray on cream-colored paper. A tree on the left is drawn with light strokes. A figure and a dog walk along the shoreline, with rocks and wood on the beach. Trees and rocks in the distance are depicted with similar light strokes.

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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

1975

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

1979

  • Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

1980

  • Hudson River Drawing, Falmouth Public Library, Massachusetts, 1980-1981

1983

  • Images of the Land: 200 Years of Landscape Painting in the Northeastern United States, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Massachusetts, 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. 38, no. 267.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Fort Hamilton / Staten Island / Jan, 3rd, 1854; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: #46; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 14 x 17 - Ploted gray / 1/2 avay polish
notes in graphite: Sky mellow hazy blue / warmish grey along the horizon / blackish mellow grey water / lighter & slight tint / green as it comes to the shore / black brown grey / Timber warm / warm / snow / very blue in the light / of the shadows

Wikidata ID

Q64580965

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