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Half Moon, Second Fall, in the Jenesea River, 1792
Half Moon, Second Fall, in the Jenesea River, 1792

Half Moon, Second Fall, in the Jenesea River, 1792

E. F. Amherst (American, 19th century)
1792
Place DepictedLake Ontario
Medium/TechniqueBrush and black wash on paper
DimensionsImage: 30.96 x 47.1 cm (12 3/16 x 18 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.7 x 48.3 cm (12 7/8 x 19 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number50.3888
On View
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsIn margin below picture in ink: "E.F. Amherst 1792 A South View of the Half Moon or Second Fall in the Jenesea River on Lake Ontario. - Width. . . 450 / Height of the Fall 26 Feet" Verso the same as a bove, and also: "From the collection of Earl Amherst"Provenance1950, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 1950)