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Lake Ontario, New York
after 1857
Place Depicted: Lake Ontario, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Pastel and graphite on prepared paper
Dimensions
Image: 38.1 x 60.2 cm (15 x 23 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 48.3 x 71.1 cm (19 x 28 in.)
Sheet: 48.3 x 71.1 cm (19 x 28 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3898
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1181, fig. 279 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- sandpapers and pastels. Backwater of lake, broken by wooded islands. In foreground, house left, bridge center; tall trees and sheep right. Waterfall in distance left, cliff behind; open water beyond.
InscriptionsIn margin below picture in graphite: "Lake Ontario"
Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)