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Image Not Available for River Street, Savannah
River Street, Savannah
Image Not Available for River Street, Savannah

River Street, Savannah

Artist (American, 1883 - 1979)
Datec. 1926
Mediumetching on paper
DimensionsPlate: 6 3/8 × 4 1/2 inches (16.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. John Andrew Hamilton.
Object number1976.3.2
On View
Not on view
Copyright© Estate of Elizabeth O'Neill Verner. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextA Charleston, South Carolina artist associated with that city’s cultural revival, Verner is best known for paintings, pastel drawings, and etchings depicting architecture and low country life. These images are from a group of several Verner created in the late 1920s in Savannah, not long after establishing her Charleston-based printmaking studio. An advocate for historic preservation in her home city, Verner also supported preservation efforts in Savannah.
Subject MatterSavannah, Georgia, United States of America, North America
In Old Charleston
Elizabeth Quale O'Neill Verner
before 1979
Adam Kuehl Photography
John Ferguson Weir
1864
Two low barrel vault arches on the left lead the eye to a segmented column shaft above which st…
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1748
A neglected temple with disintegrating Corinthian columns and only remnants of a pediment for a…
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
c. 1748
A woman standing between a staircase and a fenced yard on a sidewalk sprays water from a hose w…
Helen Levitt
c. 1942
A print of a series of overlapping brick-like structures, abstract buildings and shoe soles.
Philip Guston
1970