Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900). <em>Autumn at Mount Chocorua</em>, 1869. Oil on canvas, 23 13/16 x 44 1/4 in. (60.5 x 112.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Stewart Bierstadt, by exchange, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 1992.12 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.12_PS9.jpg)

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900). Autumn at Mount Chocorua, 1869. Oil on canvas, 23 13/16 x 44 1/4 in. (60.5 x 112.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Stewart Bierstadt, by exchange, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 1992.12 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.12_PS9.jpg)

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Autumn at Mount Chocorua

Jasper Francis Cropsey

American Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Imagining the New Nation’s Landscape, 1800–1880

This brilliantly rendered autumnal scene offers a panoramic view of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where Jasper Francis Cropsey sketched and painted in the 1860s and early 1870s, with the peak of Mount Chocorua in the distance. In the foreground, closely observed topographical elements, including blasted trees and fall foliage, are rendered with minute detail, while the expansive sky is illuminated by a piercing yellow glow. The painting exemplifies the artist’s interest in dramatic effects of light and atmosphere.

ARTIST Jasper Francis Cropsey, American, 1823-1900

MEDIUM Oil on canvas

DATES 1869

DIMENSIONS 23 13/16 x 44 1/4 in. (60.5 x 112.4 cm) (show scale)

SIGNATURE Signed lower right: "J.F. Cropsey 1869"

COLLECTIONS American Art

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Imagining the New Nation’s Landscape, 1800–1880

ACCESSION NUMBER 1992.12

CREDIT LINE Gift of Mary Stewart Bierstadt, by exchange, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund

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CAPTION Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900). Autumn at Mount Chocorua, 1869. Oil on canvas, 23 13/16 x 44 1/4 in. (60.5 x 112.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Stewart Bierstadt, by exchange, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 1992.12 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.12_PS9.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 1992.12_PS9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2018

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