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Undercliff near Cold-Spring

Francis Kearny (American, 1785–1837)
After: William Henry Bartlett (English, 1809–1854)
After: James Tibbets Willmore (English, 1800–1863)
1800–99

Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 21.8 x 27.3 cm (8 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1973.400
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionFolk art- landscape. River with sailboats left. Figures on the shore, buildings on the rising hills. Cliffs in background.
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink lower right: F.K. del t; below center: UNDERCLIFF NEAR COLD-SPRING / (The Seat of General George P. Morris) / Hudson River United States.
Annotated in graphite on verso: Francis Kearney (c 1780-1833) / (see America on Stone.) / Cold Spring is just above / West Point on opposite side of the Hudson. / (See Encyclopedia / Britannica map of / New York State.
Provenance1973, bequest of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1973)