Search the Collection - Addison Gallery

☰ Open Filter >>

John Trumbull , (Jun 6, 1756–Nov 10, 1843)

The Cohoes Falls-12 Miles from Albany on the Mohawk River

1791
2 15/16 in. x 4 11/16 in. (7.46 cm x 11.91 cm)

Medium and Support: Ink and ink wash on laid paper

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Accession Number: 1940.27

Commentary

This diminutive ink and watercolor sketch of the Cohoes Falls in upstate New York is one of only a handful of landscapes created by famed history painter and Revolutionary War veteran John Trumbull. Executed in 1791, this work is the earliest landscape in the Addison’s collection.

Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Outdoors Addison Gallery of American Art , 00/00/00 - 00/00/00
Drawings and Watercolors from the permanent collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/7/1945 - 00/00/00
John Trumbull in Northern New York Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art , 11/1/1949 - 11/27/1949
John Trumbull, Painter-Patriot [John Trumbull: Connecticut Painter] Wadsworth Atheneum , 10/10/1956 - 11/25/1956
Breaking Away: Paintings and Drawings of the Colonial and Federal Periods Addison Gallery of American Art , 10/3/1980 - 11/2/1980
John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter Yale University Art Gallery , 10/27/1982 - 1/16/1983
Ideas and Notations: Masterworks on Paper from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 4/10/1992 - 8/2/1992
Point of View: Landscapes from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 10/16/1992 - 12/20/1992
Addison Gallery of American Art: 65 Years Addison Gallery of American Art , 4/13/1996 - 7/31/1996
On Paper: Masterworks from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 2/1/2003 - 4/6/2003
A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century America Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/1/2019 - 7/31/2020
Learning to Look: The Addison at 90 Addison Gallery of American Art , 5/8/2021 - 2/6/2022

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio

This object is a member of the following portfolios:

Your current search criteria is: Portfolio is "Collection Highlights".

This site facilitates access to the art and artifact collections by providing digitally searchable records for thousands objects. The information on these pages is not definitive or comprehensive. We are regularly adding artworks and updating research online. We welcome your comments.