The Needles from Alum Bay
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Object Details
- Artist
- I. W., active 19th c.
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- View looking toward the Needles on the Islt of Wight, across the Solent. A deep ravine is shown in the foreground. Inscribed on the mount, in ink: "Drawn with Alum Bay sand -- The Needles from Alum Bay / I W."
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hamill and Barker
- 1820–1830
- Accession Number
- 1961-105-30
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Object Name
- Picture
- Type
- Picture
- Medium
- Brush and gouache on sand, glued to paper, mounted
- Dimensions
- 11.3 × 15.3 cm (4 7/16 in. × 6 in.)
- made in
- England and Germany
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1961-105-30
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4afe248c4-dee5-4bd9-b5e7-9b11563dce18
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