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Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York

Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Title
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
Date 
1836-37
Related People 
Artist/Maker: George Harvey
Medium 
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
Dimensions 
Overall: 8 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (21.3 x 34.9 cm)
Description 
Genre
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. Screven Lorillard
Object Number 
1952.410
Marks 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "G. HARVEY"; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "AFTER-NOON"; below: "HASTINGS-LANDING, PALISADE ROCKS in SHADOW."
Inscriptions 
Signed at lower right in brown watercolor: "G. HARVEY"; card inscribed above in brown watercolor: "AFTER-NOON"; below: "HASTINGS-LANDING. PALISADE ROCKS in SHADOW."
Gallery Label 
This watercolor is