Object number1864.1.49

Berkeley Rock, Newport

Date1856

Artist John Frederick Kensett (American, 1816-1872)

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 12 x 19 3/4 in. (30.48 x 50.17 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Painting

Terms

SignedSigned and dated (LR): JF K. 56.

ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon

Vassar Exhibitions

Past Time: Geology in European and American Art

Exhibition HistoryIthaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," February 16 - May 12, 2019. Cat. no. 21, repr.

Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Past Time: Geology in European and American Art," September 21 - December 9, 2018. Cat. no. 21, repr.

Poughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, and Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, "A Focused Collection: The Hudson River School," April 21-October 19, 2007.

Poughkeepsie, NY, Vassar College Art Gallery, "All Seasons and Every Light" 14 Oct. - 16 Dec. 1983

Lincoln, MA, DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, "All Seasons and Every Light" 5 Feb. - 25 March, 1984.

West Palm Beach, FL, Norton Museum of Art, "All Seasons and Every Light" 25 March - 1 July 1984.

Evanston, IL, Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, "All Seasons and Every Light" 16 Nov. 1984 - 13 Jan. 1985.

Poughkeepsie, NY, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Humanizing Landscapes: Geography, Culture and the Magoon Collection" 5 Oct. - 20 Dec. 2000. Cat. no.30, repr. p.27

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