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Oldmixon,
Landscape -- Waterfall
Landscape -- New York
Portrait male -- Patch, Sam
State of Being -- Death
Painting
Sam Patch Jumping Off, Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York, (painting).
Artist:
Oldmixon, painter.
Title:
Sam Patch Jumping Off, Genesee Falls, Rochester, New York, (painting).
Medium:
Pen-and-ink and watercolor on paper.
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.
Inscription:
(Across top:) Genesee falls, Rochester. Scene of "L(illegible) Todd (Center foreground:) Sam Patch jumping off
Description:
Sam Patch (ca. 1807-1829) was a daredevil who jumped from the Genesee Falls on Nov. 13, 1829. His body wasn't recovered until Mar. 17, 1830.
Subject:
Landscape -- Waterfall -- Genesee Falls
Landscape -- New York -- Rochester
Portrait male -- Patch, Sam
State of Being -- Death
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024 Accession Number: 1962.17
Provenance:
Purchased 1962.
References:
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.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 36363013
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Inventory of American Paintings
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