DrawingsAmerican19th century

Landscape; verso: Campsite, Crane Mountain, New York

1860-1863

Artists

Sanford Robinson GiffordArtist

Description

The drawing on the verso is vertically oriented to the page. Crane Mountain is in the southeastern Adirondacks, in New York State.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.2 x 22.8 cm (5 9/16 x 9 in.)

Provenance

By descent through artist's family, 1880; Alice Carter Gifford, Cambridge, MA; bequeathed to her son Sanford Gifford, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

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