Crossing the Rocky Mountains
1854
Painter, American, 1827 - 1901
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 76.2 × 112.4 cm (30 × 44 1/4 in.)
framed: 104.14 × 139.7 cm (41 × 55 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.108
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Possibly Dr. R.C. Moffatt.[1] William Wilson Corcoran [1798-1888], Washington;[2] gift 10 May 1869 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] It is possible that Moffatt lent the painting to the 1854 National Academy of Design exhibition.
[2] According to a letter from Corcoran to the artist, dated 6 February 1854, Corcoran purchased a painting titled Prairie Scene from the artist. See the transcription of the letter (in the William William Corcoran Papers, Library of Congress, Washington) inNGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1854
Possibly, National Academy of Design, New York, 1854, no. 217, as Prairie Scene near the Rocky Mountains.
1920
Long-term loan, Y.M.C.A, Washington, 28 June 1920 - 19 July 1922.
1922
Long-term loan, Louise Home, Washington, 18 October 1922 - 30 April 1947.
1952
Canadian National Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto, 22 August - 6 September 1952.
1960
Go West, Young Man: An Exhibition of Early Western Paintings and Lithographs, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, 1 January - 15 February 1960, unnumbered catalogue.
1966
Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, April-September 1966, unpublished checklist.
2013
American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
2011
Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 290, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: G. Douglass Brewerton / 1854
Wikidata ID
Q46628347