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Sketches of Lower Tree Trunks: Trees

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)
about 1852

Medium/Technique Graphite on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 30.3 x 18.8 cm (11 15/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1972.832
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Not in Karolik (1962) cat.
DescriptionStudy of plants, trees, the bases of tree trunks, a log, and a single-massed sailboat without its sail.
InscriptionsInscribed below center: note to Jone's; along lower right edge: I think you will find this drole (something illegible). Identification and color reference inscribed lower right next to plant study.
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport to MFA September 13, 1972