Study for "View of Mt. Washington"

1852

Jasper Francis Cropsey

Associated Names
Jasper Francis Cropsey

Artist, American, 1823 - 1900

The image is a pencil drawing of a landscape featuring a distant range of mountains. The drawing shows a view overlooking a broad expanse of land leading to the mountains, with the horizon placed towards the upper third of the image. The mountain peaks create a wavy line against the sky. The pencil strokes are delicate and light, showing details of trees and slopes without heavy shading. Close to the viewer, faint outlines indicate rolling hills and clusters of trees. The overall color palette is monochromatic due to the pencil medium. The background mountainous area contrasts with the sparse and open setting in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Newington (great-granddaughter of the artist), Greenwich, Connecticut; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Changing Prospects: Views of America on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (Tour of Canada), 1977-1979

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

1982

  • Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983

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. 266.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Mount Washington / from near Bartletts / J.F.C Sept 18th 1852.; upper right in graphite: [not deciphered, crossed out] / all the outlines of Mt. W to be kept up higher / so as to elevate the hill to the left

Markings

embossed lower right verso: JDH

Wikidata ID

Q64580966

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