Clear Creek Canyon, Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Clear Creek Canyon, Rocky Mountains, Colorado by Ralph Albert Blakelock

Medium

pen and brown ink on wove paper mounted to board

Dimensions

support: 22.7 × 29.85 cm (8 15/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-W

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.577

About the Artist

Ralph Albert Blakelock · 18471919

Ralph Albert Blakelock was born on October 15, 1847, in New York City to English-born physician Ralph B. Blakelock and Caroline Olinarg Blakelock. Intending to follow in his father's footsteps, he enrolled at the Free Academy of the City of New York (now City College) in 1864 to study medicine but dropped out after two or three terms, rejecting formal education. Entirely self-taught, Blakelock hon...

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