Delaware Water Gap

Artist

Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796 – 1886)

Date

n.d.

Medium or Technique

Hand colored engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches

Collection

Syracuse University Art Galleries

Accession Number

SUAC 1983.084

Credit Line

Syracuse University Art Collection, gift of Dr. David Tatham

Description

Asher Brown Durand was an American painter of the Hudson River School. An accomplished engraver, he was known for his minute business card details and also for his portraits of members of high society. By the 1830s, he had turned to landscape painting. The steel engraving of the Delaware landscape was one of the last engravings created and printed by this New Jersey-born artist for the publication American Landscape (New York, 1830).

Essay

“Aesthetic Landscape: Asher Brown Durand and the Delaware Water Gap” by Meghan Vonden Steinen