Jasper Francis Cropsey 1823-1900

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Description

Jasper Francis Cropsey
In the Ramapo Valley
signed J.F. Cropsey and dated 1881, l.r.
oil on canvas
30 by 20 in.
(76.2 by 50.8 cm)

Provenance

C. Hagenmann, New York
Private Collection, Bergen, Norway, 1905
By descent to the present owner

Catalogue Note

In a letter dated March 5, 1900 to M. Alfred Newhouse, the artist wrote of the Ramapo Valley, "there was a number of old rustic bridges--built by the miners--to team their iron ore to the smelting mills: some were very picturesque--but in the course of time they have mostly passed away."