Item 197: Photograph by Unknown, [no date], of a Wash Drawing titled, “Delaware Water Gap,” by Pavel Petrovich Svinin, ca. 1811-1813
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 20
Dates
- Created: ca. 1811-1813
Creator
- Svinin, Pavel Petrovich, 1787-1839 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photograph
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
8 ½ x 11in.
Title:
Delaware Water Gap
Description:
This is a photograph by an unknown creator of a wash drawing depicting the Delaware Water Gap by Pavel Petrovich Svinin, circa 1811-1813. The art style is more abstract, but still detailed in its execution of the landscape. A large mountain is seen towards the background as the water flows towards the foreground. According to Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania by Gilbert S. McClintock, “Drawn by Svinin, a Russian, sometime in the years 1811 to 1813, on his travels in America. He was the author of A Picturesque Voyage in North America (St. Petersburg, 1815), and the book of sketches he made on his travels is now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art.”
Pavel Petrovich Svinin was a Russian writer, painter, and editor born on June 19, 1787. He was known as a “Russian Munchausen” due to his many travels. Accompanied by Dmitry Senyavin, the inveterate Anglophile set on an expedition in 1806 and was employed in Philadelphia as a Russian consulate. He served as an aide-de-camp to General Moreau and his first book, Sketches of Moscow and St. Petersburg appeared in Pennsylvania in English. He died on April 21, 1839.
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Creator
- Svinin, Pavel Petrovich, 1787-1839 (Person)
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