Object Number 1967.0262

Object Name

Drawing (Watercolor drawing)

Title

Strode's Mill

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. A. Duer Irving

Creator (Role)

John Rubens Smith (Draftsman)
1775-1849
References: Fowble, Two Centuries of Prints in America, pp. 357-58 & 399. Groce, New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America. (New Haven, 1957), p.589. Stauffer, American Engravers on Copper and Steel, vol. 1, p.252.

Place of Origin

Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1810-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; Strode's mill 13 miles So of West Chester JRS

Subjects

Building view; Landscape

Materials

Graphite; Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 18.1 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.7 (H) , 46.1 (W)

Measurement Notes

Frame H: 15.45 in. (39.25 cm). Frame W: 20.2 in. (51.2 cm). Frame D: 0.9 in. (2.2 cm). H at left. W at bottom. D at bottom left.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Elston, James Strode. 1942 Strode Families in England and America.
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