id:			112310
accession number:	1930.733
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.733
updated:		2022-01-04 15:10:39.661000

Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island, During the Great September Gale, 1815. America, 19th century. Black crayon and pastel, with graphite and stylus; scraped and incised in places; sheet: 39.4 x 52.7 cm (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Clare Caldwell 1930.733

title:				Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island, During the Great September Gale
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creation date:			1815
creation date earliest:		1815
creation date latest:		1815
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Clare Caldwell
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	black crayon and pastel, with graphite and stylus; scraped and incised in places
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

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measurements: Sheet: 39.4 x 52.7 cm (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)
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support materials:

	description:	light brown sandpaper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO, upper left, in graphite: 986/4 [sideways]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		American Drawings from the Permanent Collection
	opening date:   1998-04-19T00:00:00
	<i>American Drawings from the Permanent Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98.  "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Clare Caldwell, Warren, OH
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: February 8, 1939
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wall description: 
This anonymous drawing combines a meticulous depiction of actual buildings with a wonderfully abstract rendering of waves and weather effects. The artist was led to stretch his artistic abilities because of a bizarre and memorable event: a hurricane that washed ships into the streets of downtown Providence in September of 1815.
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IMAGES

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