The Hudson River near Poughkeepsie Landing

Datec. 1796

Artist Alexander Robertson (American, 1768-1841)

CultureAmerican

MediumPen and ink on paper

DimensionsMatted: 16 x 22 in. (40.64 x 55.88 cm)
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. (22.23 x 29.21 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ellen Gordon Milberg, class of 1960

On View

Not on view

Period18th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedDated (LR): 2d Sept. 179 (6)?

InscribedInscribed (LC, in pencil): From Near Poughkeepsie Landing; (possibly in another hand, in pencil): near Poughkeepsie

Vassar Exhibitions

Nature in America: Taming the Landscape

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, NY, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Humanizing Landscapes: Geography, Culture and the Magoon Collection" 5 Oct. - 20 Dec. 2000. Cat. no.54, repr. p.23

Poughkeepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Nature in America: Taming the Landscape," June 29 - August 26, 2012.

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