The Valley of Wyoming. #4
by Jasper Francis Cropsey
Title
The Valley of Wyoming. #4
Artist
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The Valley of Wyoming. Artist: Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, Rossville, New York 1823-1900 Hastings-on-Hudson, New York). Dimensions: 48 1/2 x 84 in. (123.2 x 213.4 cm). Date: 1865.
This large studio work was commissioned in 1864 by Milton Courtright (1810 - 1883). Courtright was born and raised on his family's farm in the heart of the Wyoming Valley. In his account book, Cropsey recorded a payment of $125 from Courtright on August 4, 1864, and three additional payments in January, March, and May 1865, totaling $3, 500. On August 8, Cropsey made at least two preparatory drawings of the site (now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). One of these served as the basis for the oil sketch for this painting (see 25.110.63). This final version of the picture was shown at the National Academy of Design in New York in 1865. It retains an original frame and plaque with a poem written in 1809 by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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