The Magic Lake

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Unidentified, John Sartain, James Hamilton, The Magic Lake, 1853, charcoal on paperboard, sheet: 21 1⁄8 x 26 7⁄8 in. (53.7 x 68.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Bates and Isabel Lowry, 1986.70.18
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Artwork Details

Title
The Magic Lake
Artists
Unidentified
Copy after John Sartain
Copy after James Hamilton
Date
1853
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 21 1⁄8 x 26 7⁄8 in. (53.7 x 68.2 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Bates and Isabel Lowry
Mediums
Mediums Description
charcoal on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Architecture — boat
  • Landscape — celestial — moon
  • Architecture Interior
  • Landscape — imaginary
  • Landscape — lake — Magic Lake
  • Literature — Weald — Pilgrim of Love
Object Number
1986.70.18
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.70.18

Works by this artist (11 items)

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George Catlin, John Sartain, Osceola, engraving and mezzotint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William Page Howell, 1979.135.2
Osceola
Artist
engraving and mezzotint
Not on view
Christian Schussele, John Sartain, Home on a Furlough, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John C. Lord, 1976.16
Home on a Furlough
Artist
Not on view
Image Not Available
The Magic Lake
Artist
Unidentified
Copy after John Sartain
Copy after James Hamilton
Date1853
charcoal on paperboard
Not on view
James Hamilton, John Sartain, The Haunted Stream, after 1846, mezzotint on paper mounted on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Library of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 1990.5.7
The Haunted Stream
Artist
Dateafter 1846
mezzotint on paper mounted on paper
Not on view

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