Item 216: Photograph of Painting titled, “On the Lehigh Penna,” Painted by Edward Lamson Henry, 1859
Item — Box: 22, Folder: 39
Dates
- Created: 1859
Creator
- Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841 – 1919 (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 in. x 11 in.
Title:
On the Lehigh Penna
Description:
This is a photograph of a painting depicting the Lehigh River. The Lehigh River spans 109 miles across northeastern Pennsylvania and is a tributary of the Delaware River. Flowing from the Pocono Mountains it passes through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley, eventually joining with the Delaware River in Easton. The name of the river is derived from the anglicisation of the Lenape name, Lechewuekink, meaning “where there are forks.” This piece was painted by Edward Lamson Henry in 1859.
Edward Lamson Henry, also known as E. L. Henry, was born on January 12, 1841 in Charleston, South Carolina. At the young age of seven, his parents died and he went to live with his cousins in New York City. He began to study painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He went to Paris in 1860, where he studied with Charles Gleyre and Gustave Courbet. This was roughly at the same time as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Frédéric Bazille, and Alfred Sisley.
Location:
Lehigh River, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
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Creator
- Henry, Edward Lamson, 1841 – 1919 (Person)
Repository Details
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