Jasper Francis Cropsey

Private Collection, New York
Private Collection, Ohio (by descent from the above, 1932)
By descent to the present owner, son of the above, 1974

New York, Lotos Club, March 31, 1875, no. 32 (as Thompson's Pond) (possibly)
New York, Century Association, New York, April 4, 1875, no. 18 (as Thompson's Pond--Orange County) (possibly)

"Art at the Century", New York Evening Post, April 5, 1875, p. 2 (as View of Thompson's Pond, Orange County) (possibly)

Condition Report from Simon Parkes Conservation, Inc., an independent restorer (9/29/2014): This painting is in very good condition. However, there is a small complex break on the top edge between the upper left corner and the upper center and another small discolored retouching in the same area. The painting is slightly dirty and dull. There is one small chip on the extreme right edge in the center. There is a small loss in the green tree on the right end of the lake and a couple of other small losses. The back of the canvas has received a rather unattractive lining, which was presumably applied to repair this small damage on the top edge. However, this is excessive, and if the lining were removed, the work could probably remain unlined with only a small repair at the top edge. The painting could then be cleaned, retouched and varnished.
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The present work depicts a scene near Thompson's Pond in Orange County, New York, a subject the artist represented on a number of occasions.  According to E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark's History of Orange County, New York of 1881; "Thompson's Pond is in the northwest part of Warwick, east of Florida, and extends into Chester.  It covers an area of about one hundred acres.  Its outlet furnishes power for grist- and saw-mills, and is a tributary of Quaker Creek.  It has recently been re-christened, and is now entered on the map Glenmere Lake."