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View of the Hudson River from Crow’s Nest Mountain,
ca. 1833–40
Seth Eastman, American, 1808–1875
x1992-252
A military officer best known for his depictions of the Mississippi River landscape and its Native American inhabitants, Eastman also worked as a drawing instructor at West Point Academy. He made this watercolor looking south down the Hudson River from the high vantage point of Crow’s Nest Mountain, as indicated in his inscription on the verso of the sheet. With the exception of the lightly penciled tree at the lower left, Eastman offered a highly generalized sense of the natural environment in the foreground while rendering the panoramic river vista, including distant sailboats, with a precision that reflects his training as a topographical draftsman.
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Title
View of the Hudson River from Crow’s Nest Mountain
Dates
ca. 1833–40
Maker
Medium
Watercolor, gouache and graphite
Dimensions
12.1 x 23.1 cm (4 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953, in honor of Sandra L. Milberg, Class of 1992
Object Number
x1992-252
Place Depicted
United States, New York, Crow's Nest Mountain
Inscription
in graphite, on verso upper right: [small sketch of hand pointing to inscription] view from top of Cro's Nest looking South
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
Subject
Spanierman Gallery, New York;
Mississippi River, Near Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1992," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 52, no. 1 (1993): p. 36-83., p. 61
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 146, cat. no. 32; p. 147 (illus.); p. 339, checklist no. 841
