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Undercliff near Cold-Spring

(American, 1785–1837)
(English, 1809–1854)
1800–99
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.8 x 27.3 cm (8 9/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number1973.400
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsInscribed in pen and ink lower right: F.K. del t; below center: UNDERCLIFF NEAR COLD-SPRING / (The Seat of General George P. Morris) / Hudson River United States. Annotated in graphite on verso: Francis Kearney (c 1780-1833) / (see America on Stone.) / Cold Spring is just above / West Point on opposite side of the Hudson. / (See Encyclopedia / Britannica map of / New York State.
Provenance1973, bequest of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1973)
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