id:			114142
accession number:	1933.401
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.401
updated:		2025-02-09 00:07:09.059000

A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y., 1843. Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900). Pen and black ink, and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of graphite; sheet: 24.2 x 37.8 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. W. L. Jones 1933.401

title:				A View from Bald Mountain, Orange County, N.Y.
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creation date:			1843
creation date earliest:		1843
creation date latest:		1843
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of J. W. L. Jones
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culture:	America
technique:	pen and black ink, and brown wash heightened with white, over traces of graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Jasper F. Cropsey (American, 1823–1900)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 24.2 x 37.8 cm (9 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed, lower right, in black ink: "A View from Bald Mountain/Orange County N.Y/J. F. C. Oct 3. 1843"
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	inscription:	On verso, by artist, across center, in graphite: "A View from Bald Mountain with Long Pond in the distance/ Orange County N.Y. /Oct 3rd 1843 [year underlined]"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1942-06-17T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 17-August 24, 1942).

	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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

	title:		Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
	opening date:   2004-08-15T00:00:00
	<i>Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of William P. Wright, Weehawken, NJ
	date: ?–?
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	Mr. J.W.L. Jones, Tiffin, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1933
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 28, 1933–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Prasse, Leona E. “A Drawing by Jaspar Francis Cropsey in the Museum Collection.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 24, no. 6 (1937).
	page number: 	p. 98–101
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137855.

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