
Beacon Hills on the Hudson River, Opposite Newburgh—Painted on the Spot
Date: ca. 1852
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Overall (canvas): 32 x 46 in. (81.3 x 116.8 cm)
Framed: 43 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (110.5 × 146.1 × 11.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Lucy Maria Durand Woodman
Object Number: 1907.11
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Bibliography:
Lawall, David B., Asher Brown Durand: His Art and Art Theory in Relation to his Times, Submitted to Princeton University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, March 1966, pp. 168, 218, 411-2, 425-6, 676.
Lawall, David B., Asher B. Durand: A Documentary Catalogue of the Narrative and Landscape Paintings, New York & London, Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978, pp. 116-7.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, p. 343.
Bland, Bartholomew F. and Vookles, Laura L. The Panoramic River: The Hudson and the Thames. Yonkers: Hudson River Museum, 2013.
Exhibitions:
"Nature and the American Vision," New-York Historical Society, March 13, 2005-January 25, 2008.
"Views & Visions: The Hudson River to Niagara Falls," Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, New York, July 11-December 13, 2009.
"The American Landscapes of Asher B. Durand (1796-1887)," Fundación Juan March, October 1, 2010-January 9, 2011.