Leaves from a Sketchbook, (painting)

Object Details

Notes: West Point Museum, 1996.; (In pencil on back of second watercolor:) Fort Putnam from the back road leading from W. P. To Buttermilk Falls; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: Three watercolors: the first is of a landscape of the Hudson River looking south, probably from Kingsley Hill with farmland in foreground and middleground and Cozzen's Dock in background. The second is an unfinished sketch of Kosciusko's Garden looking south with the Hudson River on right. The third is a pencil and watercolor sketch of a birdseye view looking south from Ft. Putnam on Crow's Nest, Anthony's Nose in right middleground, and the upper reaches of Tappan Zee in background.

Owner/Location: United States Department of the Army West Point Museum West Point New York 10996 Accession Number: 16,852

Topic: Landscape--River--Hudson River; Landscape--New York--West Point; Landscape--Farm; Landscape--Garden; Landscape--Mountain--Anthony's Nose; Landscape--River--Tappan Zee; Study