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Cliff, West Lulworth
Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
August 1857
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil and neutral washes on brown paper, heightened with white
Dimensions
Sheet: 41.8 x 56.8 cm (16 7/16 x 22 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number54.1650
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 212
DescriptionDorset coast of England; High steep cliff right, ending in rocky point left.
Signed
Signed L.r.: J. F Cropsey
InscriptionsL.r. : J. F. Cropsey / West Lulworth / Aug. 1857
ProvenanceCollection of Martha Codman Karolik (b. 1856 – d. 1948) and Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 – d.1963), Newport, Rhode Island; 1954, given by Maxim Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)