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Landscape Drawing

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1815-1835

GUSN

GUSN-2698

Description

Drawing of a cart pulled by a team of oxen crossing a bridge. A church, houses, and trees are in the background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

landscapes (representations)
drawings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
Picture
Landscape
Landscape

Inscription

In pencil below the image reads: Ipswich. An NFL label on the back of the mat reads: view titled ""Ipswich"", attrib. to Mary Jane Derby, born in Salem. One of a group of drawings, one of Choate Bridge and one signed M.J.D., 1829, on which attribution is based.

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Attributed to Derby, Mary Jane (Maker)

Location of Origin

Salem, MA, USA

Dimensions

9 1/4 x 12 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.923

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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