Collection Highlights
Thomas Cole (1801-1848)
Date:
ca. 1845
Object Number:
PR.012.2.885
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rumbling Bridge, near Dunkirk, Scotland
Object Number:
1955.127
Date:
1839-40
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. ( 27.6 x 37.5 cm )
mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. ( 36.2 x 48.9 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower left: "Rumbling Bridge/n[ea]r Dunkeld/Scotland./From outline Sketch by Bird (?)/ Whitby/June 29/1812"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Rumbling Bridge / nr Dunkirk / Scotland. / from outher[sic] sketch by Bird -- / June 29 / 1812 / Whitley"
Description:
Landscape: after study of 1812
Gallery Label:
This sketch depicts a waterfall and brook, spanned by a bridge.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
