Carboniferous Coal Swamp

Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Guyot Hall.

Carboniferous Coal Swamp

Currently not on view

Carboniferous Coal Swamp,

1875

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, 1807–1894; born and died London, United Kingdom
PP335

Information

Title
Carboniferous Coal Swamp
Dates

1875

Maker
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
79.3 x 157.3 x 3.5 cm (31 1/4 x 61 15/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Guyot Hall.
Object Number
PP335
Signatures
Signed and dated lower left: B. Waterhouse Hawkins, E.M. Mus. Princeton 1875
Culture
British
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
landscapes (representations), landscapes (environments), swamps, trees

Painted by the artist for Princeton University.

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