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Catskill Mountain House
John Rubens Smith (English (worked in the United States), 1775–1849)
1830
Place Depicted: Catskill mountains, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Aquatint with hand-coloring on paper
Dimensions
Image: 41.0 x 33.2 cm (16 1/8 x 13 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 48.3 x 36.8 cm (19 x 14 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 48.3 x 36.8 cm (19 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.785
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 667 Fielding 1455
DescriptionGroups of figures around road with carriage. House on top of hill beyond.
Marks
Watermark: J. whatman, T(urkey Mill)
InscriptionsPrinted below: title, A Celebrative Summer Hotel about 12 miles S.W. of the Village of Catskill Greene Co N. York. Stands on a rock near 3000 feat above teh level of the Hudson River. Drawn Engraved and Pubd by J.R. Smith Philada. June 21 1830.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955