DrawingsAmerican19th century

Scene on the Connecticut River

1850

Artists

Benjamin ChampneyArtist

Description

Prepared paper is "Newman's Graduated Tinted Ivory Paper."

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite with scratchwork on off-white wove paper coated with a white ground and mechanically tinted with blue and green inks

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26.8 x 35 cm (10 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.) image: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)

Provenance

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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