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Philadelphia from across the Delaware River, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on white wove paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 42.95.13
Date:
1811-ca. 1813
Notes:
Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 350.
Summary:
View looking from New Jersey across the Delaware River toward the Philadelphia skyline. In the foreground, along the New Jersey side of the river, two figures stand next to an American flag flying from a pier. Out in the river there is a sailing ship, and beyond is the Philadelphia skyline.
Topic:
Cityscape--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia  Search this
Landscape--River--Delaware River  Search this
Landscape--New Jersey  Search this
Landscape--Wharf  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailing Ship  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36121520
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_362782