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Wind Mountain - Columbia River

Peter Peterson Tofft (Danish (active in the United States and England), 1825–1901)
1865–67

Medium/Technique Watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 15.2 x 23.2 cm (6 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number50.3883
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

DescriptionQuiet water surrounded by mountains.
InscriptionsLower right in wash: monogram TOF; Verso in graphite pencil: "Title / Lake Pond D'Oreille / with the Steamer ‘Mary Moody'." and "P. Toffts fec." and "Wind Mountain / On the Columbia River between Dalles (?) & Upper Cascades / looking down stream."
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA December 14, 1950