Vincent Colyer
Southwestern Scene

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Artist Vincent Colyer (American, 1825–1888)American, 1825–1888

CultureAmerican

Titles

Southwestern Scene

DateApril 26, 1869

PlaceUnited States

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsSheet: 4 1/16 × 8 in. (10.3 × 20.3 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by AIG American General at "One Great Night in November, 1997".

Object numberB.97.29

Not on view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

Provenance[Kennedy Galleries, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed on verso left reading vertically: On the Big Canadian / our camping ground[moved ?] / evening april 26 1869 196 / miles from Camp[illegible] Indian Fort / and 210 from Fort Bascom [signature] / A[Stormy?] twilight / 200 miles from any white settlement [in pencil]

Signed verso upper right below inscription: V.Colyer [in pencil]

Marked on lower left: April 26 1869

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