Item 189: Photograph of a Painting titled, “Delaware Water Gap,” Painted by Thomas Doughty, 1826
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 12
Dates
- Created: 1826
Creator
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photograph
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
9 ¼ in. x 6 ½ in.
Title:
Delaware Water Gap
Description:
This is a photograph of a painting of “Delaware Water Gap,” painted by Thomas Doughty, 1826. There are annotations on the back of the photograph. “A fine painting by me of America’s best early landscapes.” This piece was painted by Thomas Doughty.
The Delaware Water Gap is located on the border of New Jersey and Pennsylvania where the Delaware River cuts through the Appalachian Mountains. The Gap is made up of the southern part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area that is now used for boating, fishing, hiking, and rock climbing.
Born on July 19, 1793 in Philadelphia, Thomas Doughty was an American artist associated with the Hudson River School. “Doughty was the first American artist to work exclusively as a landscapist and was successful both for his skill and the fact that Americans were turning their interest to landscape.” His works exhibited rather mute and atmospheric renditions of landscapes and rivers of Pennsylvania, New York, New England, and the Hudson River Valley. He was a self taught painter and apprenticed for a leather manufacturer. He was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary Academician. Mostly working in Philadelphia, he also worked in Boston as well as New York.
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Repository Details
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570-408-7823 (Fax)
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