Object Details
Artist
Samuel Colman, American, 1832–1920
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizonal view of a deserted beach divided by a framing pen line into upper and lower sections: in top section a cedar wood is shown in left middle distance under a cloudy blue sky. Sand and weeds are in the foreground, with the sea at right rear; in bottom section a view of the sea is shown from the shore, with a narrow, sandy stretch in foreground, dunes in the central middle distance, and a wood in left background.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Colman
Date
September 11, 1878
Accession Number
1939-85-7
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
landscapes
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown, and blue watercolor, white gouache, traces of graphite on tan paper
Dimensions
34.5 x 50cm (13 9/16 x 19 11/16in.)
place depicted
Sea Girt, New Jersey, USA
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Data Source
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Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1939-85-7