Yorktown and York River--As Seen from Top of a Tree at Camp Winfield Scott
Unknown American, American
April 24, 1862
Watercolor and graphite on wove paper
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 10 13/16 in. (18 × 27.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Guernsey Center Moore 1904 Memorial Fund
W.963.106
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, upper left: Yorktown & York River-as seen from top of a Tree at Camp Winfield Scott. April 24, 1862.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 248.
Provenance
The `Old Print Shop, New York; sold to present collection, 1963.
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