Artist/Maker
H. S. Newcomb
View of Newport with Harbor Entrance and Ruined Tower, Rhode Island
ca. 1823
Place madeNewport, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on paper
Overall: 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 37.5 cm )
mat: 16 x 21 7/8 in. ( 40.6 x 55.6 cm )
mat: 16 x 21 7/8 in. ( 40.6 x 55.6 cm )
Gift of Isaacher Cozzens
X.483
This watercolor is from the collection of Dr. Samuel Latham Mitchell (1764-1831), a prominent New Yorker and a founding member of The New-York Historical Society. It was recovered from the cellar of the second New York Almshouse of 1797. The perspective of Newport harbor was from the Old Stone Mill in the present Touro Park on Mill Street. The mill's erection--whether by the Norsemen or by the English settlers--was a subject of sporadic controversy.
DescriptionLandscapeMarkingsStamped on verso: "[New-York Historical Society Stamp]"
InscribedInscribed and signed along upper edge in brown ink: "View near Newport, Rhode-island. 1 Gibbs-tower or the old wind-mill of Governor Arnold, in ruins. 2. a part / of the town appearing over the brow of the hill. 3. entrance of the harbour. 4. Martello tower on the dumplin[?] rocks / of Couanicut[sic] island. 5. Brinton's[sic] point on the neck bearing fort Adams. 6. Beaver-tail, part of Couanicut. 7. Narra-ganset[sic] country. 8. Mackrel-cove[sic]. 9. Strait of Goat-island with the U. S. milita; inscription at lower right, ink: "8. Perspective at New Port, R.I."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Asher B. Durand
1841
1918.117
Rufus Alexander Grider
1889
1907.36.33
Anne-Marguérite-Joséphine-Henriette Rouillé de Marigny, Baroness Hyde de Neuville
1807
1953.272
