Currently not on view
Long Lake, Owls Head Mountain,
September 16, 1846
Thomas Cole, 1801–1848; born Lancashire, England; died Catskill, NY
x1940-83
Information
Title
Long Lake, Owls Head Mountain
Dates
September 16, 1846
Maker
Medium
Graphite heightened with white chalk
Dimensions
24.7 x 35.6 cm. (9 3/4 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1940-83
Place Depicted
North America, United States, New York, Long Lake, Adirondacks
Inscription
in graphite, lower left: Sept 16 1846 | Long Lake | [illegible]
in graphite, upper right: The shadows of the [illegible] dark and green [illegible] | Mountain 2 miles off
Culture
Type
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Mrs. Florence Cole Vincent (the artist's granddaughter); purchased by the donor at Cole's Catskill studio
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., pp. 40-41, no. 38; p. 41 (illus.)
- 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. 87, fig. 1; pp. 301–302, checklist no. 140; p. 302 (left half of verso, rotated illus.)
