View of Mt. Washington, 1881

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

framed: 24 x 44 1/8 in. (60.96 x 112.08 cm)
framed: 31 7/8 x 51 3/4 in. (80.96 x 131.45 cm)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. & Mrs. John C. Newington)

Accession Number

2015.19.157

Artists / Makers

Jasper Francis Cropsey (painter) American, 1823 - 1900

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: J.F. Cropsey / 1881.

Provenance

Collection of the artist; by descent his family to his great-granddaughter, Barbara Newington [Mrs. John C. Newington], Greenwich, Connecticut; gift 18 November 1977 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Newington, John C. Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1982: Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 5 November 1982 - 16 January 1983, unpublished checklist.

1986: A New World: American Landscape Painting, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Gothenberg Art Museum, 18 September 1986 - 15 February 1987.

1993: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador to France, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, 1993-1997.

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.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: 293, repro.