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Jan 24, 2013
Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island, During the Great September Gale
Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island, During the Great September Gale
1815
Black crayon and pastel, with graphite and stylus; scraped and incised in places
Support: Light brown sandpaper
Sheet: 39.4 x 52.7 cm (15 1/2 x 20 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Clare Caldwell 1930.733
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This anonymous drawing combines a meticulous depiction of actual buildings with a wonderfully abstract rendering of waves and weather effects. The artist was led to stretch his artistic abilities because of a bizarre and memorable event: a hurricane that washed ships into the streets of downtown Providence in September of 1815.
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