Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.135
People
William Russell Birch, American (Warwickshire, England 1755 - 1834 Philadelphia, PA)
Title
The Natural Bridge, Virginia
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1805-1808
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/5243

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite, squared, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 20.3 x 16.5 cm (8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom, graphite: The Natural Bridge / Va
  • inscription: verso, top, graphite: [difficult to decipher, partially covered by hinges] from / are 2 or 3 others of this subject one [ ] / Dentist by F Lucas Mr. Condad has / one & Mr / Lord[?]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 2516(B)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
C.G. Sloan & Co, Bethesda, MD, 1980; unidentified corporate collection; Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, CT, October 21, 2004; purchased by Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Daniel A. Pollack, Class of 1960, American Art Acquisition Fund
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.135
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 94

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu