ID: 700000342 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000342	Record Type: Movable Work
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The Valley of Wyoming (oil painting (visual work); Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900); commissioned i...; 1865; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 66.113)

Note: This large studio work was commissioned in 1864 by Milton Courtright, builder and engineer. Courtright was born and raised on his family's farm in the heart of the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. In his account book, Cropsey recorded a payment of 125 dollars from Courtright on August 4, 1864, and three additional payments in January, March, and May 1865, totaling 3,500 dollars. On August 8, Cropsey made at least two preparatory drawings of the site (now in Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). One of these served as the basis for the oil sketch for this painting, at Met. This final version of the picture was shown at the National Academy of Design in New York in 1865. It retains an original frame and plaque with a poem written in 1809 by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell.

Titles:

The Valley of Wyoming (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

oil painting (visual work) [300033799] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1865

Creator Display:

Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900); commissioned in 1864 by Milton Courtright (1810 - 1883) [preferred,VP]

painter Cropsey, Jasper Francis (American painter and architect, 1823-1900) [500012491]

patron Courtright, Milton (American builder, 1810/1811-1883) [500450269]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 66.113

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington, 1966

Display Materials: oil on canvas

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 123.2 x 213.4 cm (48 1/2 x 84 in.)

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

landscapes (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	valley (landform) [300008761]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, landforms (terrestrial)) (AAT)

	Wyoming Valley [2783845]
	.....(Luzerne county (county), Pennsylvania (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Provenance: Milton Courtright, Erie, Pennsylvania and New York, 1865–died 1882; probably with his wife (died 1885) or his estate, from 1882 Private Collection; his son and granddaughter; Howard J. Peters, Erie, Pennsylvania, by 1963–1964; Mrs. John C. Newington, Greenwich, Connecticut, by 1964–1966

Inscriptions: Signature: [at lower right]: J.F. Cropsey / 1865.–

Related Works:

	based on .... Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania [700009384]
	..........oil sketch; Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823-1900); 1864; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 25.110.63

	study is .... Wyoming Valley from Inman's Hill [700009385]
	..........drawing (visual work); Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900); August 8th, 1864; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 1972.761;

	study is .... Wyoming Valley from Prospect Rock, Aug. 8th 1864 [700009386]
	..........drawing (visual work); Jasper Francis Cropsey (American, 1823–1900); August 8th, 1864; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, ...; 54.1655;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
The Valley of Wyoming	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 21 May 2012

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) transcribed https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/66.113/; accessed 18 March 2018