Artist/Maker Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 - 1900)

Castle Garden, New York

1859

Oil on canvas

Overall: 15 1/8 x 24 1/4 in. ( 38.4 x 61.6 cm )
Framed: 21 × 30 × 2 3/4 in. (53.3 × 76.2 × 7 cm)

Purchase, Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund

1972.13

The composition is identical with Cropsey's earlier study of the same subject painted in 1851 in the Society's collection. The main difference between the two is that the 1859 version is a moonlight scene. This later rendering is quite likely the one sold to the lithographer E. Gambert on July 28, 1859, while Cropsey was in London. The artist was then in the process of producing paintings 15 x 24 inches in size to be lithographed by Gambert.

SignedSigned and dated at lower middle: "J F Cropsey / 1859."

InscribedInscribed in pencil on wood backing panel: "Castle Garden, New York / J. F. Cropsey—London—1859"

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