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The Upper Palisades
The Upper Palisades
Object number1864.1.61

The Upper Palisades

Date1860
Artist (American, 1840-1930)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 11 13/16 x 20 1/16 in. (30 x 51 cm)
Framed: 16 1/8 x 24 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. (41 x 63 x 6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
On view
Period19th c
Classification(s)
SignedInitialed lower left: C. H. M.
InscribedBy artist, lower left: 1860
ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryHumanizing Landscapes: Geography, Culture and the Magoon Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 5 - December 20, 2000;

All Seasons and Every Light, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, October 14 - December 16, 1983;

The Hudson River, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, July 2009 - March 2010;

Nature in America: Taming the Landscape, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 29 - August 26, 2012
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
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