Album of Scenes in the United States of America, (painting).

Album of Scenes in the United States of America, (painting).

Watson, Joshua Rowley, b. 1772, painter.

Album of Scenes in the United States of America, (painting).

Watercolor, wash, pencil, and pen-and-ink on paper.

4 7/8 x 8 3/4 in.

(On inside front cover, upper right:) J. R. W./1816 signed

A 141-page sketchbook containing views of towns, villages, and landscapes done during a tour of the United States in 1816.

Landscape -- United States

Landscape -- New York -- Glens Falls

Landscape -- Waterfall

Landscape -- New Jersey -- New Brunswick

Landscape -- River -- Raritan River

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024 Accession Number: 1958.85

Purchased 1958.

Two of the pages of the album are illustrated in the New York Historical Society's catalog (1982): A scene of Glens Falls, New York; and one of New Brunswick and Raritan River, New Jersey.

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982.

New-York Historical Society, "American landscape and genre paintings in the New-York Historical Society...," New York: New-York Historical Society; Boston, G. K. Hall, 1982, no. 2804, pg. 251.

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