Delaware Water Gap
Artist
Asher Brown Durand (American, 1796 – 1886)
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