Natural Bridge, Virginia
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Natural Bridge, Virginia

Currently not on view

Natural Bridge, Virginia,

19th century?

Unidentified American artist
possibly after painting by Jacob Caleb Ward , engraved by William James Bennett, British, 1787-1844, American, 1809 - 1891
y1968-536
Little is definitively known about this appealing view of Natural Bridge, a geological formation of Cedar Creek in Virginia’s aptly named Rockbridge County. Renowned since the mid-eighteenth century as one of America’s principal natural wonders, the site was surveyed by George Washington and once owned by Thomas Jefferson. The painting was donated to Princeton by the daughter of Frank Jewett Mather, a former professor and museum director who believed the work may originally have formed part of a decorative scheme on a nineteenth-century steamship.

Information

Title
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Dates

19th century?

Maker
Unidentified American artist
possibly after painting by Jacob Caleb Ward , engraved by William James Bennett, British, 1787-1844
Medium
Oil on steel
Dimensions
51 x 60.9 cm (20 1/16 x 24 in.) frame: 62.5 × 73.5 × 5 cm (24 5/8 × 28 15/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret Mather Turner
Object Number
y1968-536
Place Depicted

United States, Virginia, Natural Bridge

Inscription
Titled, lower left: Natural Bridge, Virginia.
Culture
American
Type
paintings, oil paintings
Materials
steel, oil paint
Subject
white (color), trees, hunters, landscapes (representations), natural bridges, figures (representations), streams, brown, clouds, green (color), blue

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