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Photography by Dwight Primiano

View of the Mineral Springs of Ballstown, New York

British, 1753 - 1834

Date1794/1796
MediumGraphite, ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions30 1/2 x 37 1/4 x 2 in. (77.5 x 94.6 x 5.1 cm)
Signedl.l.: Sketched Nov. 1794 by William Strickland, Esq. l.r.: finished by Joseph Halfpenny 1796
Inscription(s)l.c.: View of the mineral Springs of Ballftown in Kayaderoffera in the State of New York.
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.148
ClassificationWatercolor
Provenance(Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia, PA); John Driscoll, New York, NY; to (Babcock Galleries, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
On ViewNo
View of the Mineral …30.5 × 37.3 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 156× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.