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City House, Front Elevation (Four-storey house)
Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
Dated 1873
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite, with pen and red and black ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 55.9 x 44.5 cm (22 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number52.1601
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karoliik cat. vol. 1, no. 219, fig. 62
DescriptionFour stories, with bay window and balcony. Artist's initials and date used as decoration on either side of bay window.
Marks
Watermark: J. Whatman, 1866
InscriptionsSigned and dated lower right in black ink: J. F. Cropsey, 1873. Notes in graphite, red and black ink.
ProvenanceThe artist's daugher; Kennedy & Co., NY; purchased for MFA by Maxim Karolik Nov. 13, 1952