Artist: Hendrik Dirk Kruseman van Elten (American, 1829-1904).
Title: On the Housatonic.
Signed in plate.
Dimensions: Image 4 3/4" x 8 1/2".
Date: C. 1880.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and drypoint on laid paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: extensive traces of old passepartout on the margins, image is not damaged. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1912,0612.520. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1876.9.521.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C.
Note: "Housatonic" refers to a river in southwestern New England, meaning "beyond the mountain place" or "river of the mountain place" in the Mohican language. It also refers to a census-designated place in Massachusetts named after the river.
Acknowledgement: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.