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Half Moon, Second Fall, in the Jenesea River, 1792
E. F. Amherst (American, 19th century)
1792
Place Depicted: Lake Ontario
Medium/Technique
Brush and black wash on paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.96 x 47.1 cm (12 3/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.7 x 48.3 cm (12 7/8 x 19 in.)
Sheet: 32.7 x 48.3 cm (12 7/8 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3888
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionFolk art- landscapes. Figure in water infront of falls center; trees right, rocky ledges right.
InscriptionsIn margin below picture in ink: "E.F. Amherst 1792 A South View of the Half Moon or Second Fall in the Jenesea River on Lake Ontario. - Width. . . 450 / Height of the Fall 26 Feet" Verso the same as a bove, and also: "From the collection of Earl Amherst"
Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)