The Stone Bridge
Robert Seldon Duncanson, American, 1821 - 1872
1851
Oil on canvas
Overall: 10 × 16 in. (25.4 × 40.6 cm)
Frame: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund
2007.53
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
On view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right: R.S. Duncanson 1851; frame label, on reverse: H. ARDING, / Picture Frame Maker, ESTABLISHED / LONDON 188 [loss in paper] / BRONZE MEDAL / AWARDED / SAN FRANCISCO. / 1894
Exhibition History
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-September 12, 2021.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 2, 2009-November 2, 2009.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 22, 2008.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 22, 2012 to present.
This Land: American Engagement with the Natural World, Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 5–July 22, 2022
Provenance
Christie's, New York, Sale May 24, 1995, no. 13, illus.; sold to a private collection; Christie's, New York, Sale November 30, 2006, no. 90, illus.; sold to Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2007.
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