Upper Falls of Solomon's Creek (after an engraving in The Port Folio magazine, 1809), (painting).

Upper Falls of Solomon's Creek (after an engraving in The Port Folio magazine, 1809), (painting).

Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich, painter.

Upper Falls of Solomon's Creek (after an engraving in The Port Folio magazine, 1809), (painting).

Watercolor and gouache on white laid paper.

7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.2 x 13.7 cm).

View looking up at the foamy white water rushing down the steep waterfall at the upper falls of Solomon's Creek. At the bottom of the falls, a small male figure in a top hat stands near the edge of Solomon's Creek.

Landscape -- River -- Solomon's Creek

Landscape -- Waterfall

Figure male -- Full length

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 42.95.42.

The painting was previously titled Milk Falls, near Philadelphia (?).

Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 350.

Avery, Kevin J., "American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1835," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002, pg. 350.

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