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Brooklyn, Long Island (View of the East River), (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Unknown  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor, pen and black ink on off-white laid paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art 5th Avenue at 82nd Street New York New York 10028 Accession Number: 66.229.1
Date:
Ca. 1778
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. 353.
Summary:
View of the East River with figures in a boat out on the water, other figures strolling along the shore, and others in conversation with a figure riding a horse. In the background there is Brooklyn, Long Island.
Topic:
Landscape--River--East River  Search this
Landscape--New York--Long Island  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Boating  Search this
Recreation--Sport & Play--Equestrian  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Strolling  Search this
Control number:
IAP 36121539
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_362801