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

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ClassificationsWatercolors

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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)