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Shoreline View of Sailboat and Telegraph Poles

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
December 12, 1895

Medium/Technique Graphite on gray laid paper
Dimensions Sheet: 11.8 x 17.9 cm (4 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1972.780
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionSailboat on the Hudson River, left with coastal heights in the distance beyond. Telegraph poles cutting through the trees along the shore at right. Same view as 1972.802, only 4 years later.
InscriptionsInscribed lower right: Dec 12 1895
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport to MFA September 13, 1972