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The image depicts a landscape with a high horizon featuring rolling hills, trees, and a shallow river or stream in the foreground. The water reflects surrounding foliage with gentle ripples and varied light patches. The brushstrokes are varied and delicate, capturing the surface textures and dense vegetation. The color palette is muted with sepia tones. Natural elements like grasses and trees are loosely sketched, creating a tranquil atmosphere under a softly rendered sky with diffused clouds.
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The image depicts a landscape with a high horizon featuring rolling hills, trees, and a shallow river or stream in the foreground. The water reflects surrounding foliage with gentle ripples and varied light patches. The brushstrokes are varied and delicate, capturing the surface textures and dense vegetation. The color palette is muted with sepia tones. Natural elements like grasses and trees are loosely sketched, creating a tranquil atmosphere under a softly rendered sky with diffused clouds.

National Gallery of Art · Print

An Old Dam Near Montrose

James David Smillie

Date
1891
Medium
aquatint in black on chine collé
Dimensions
image: 16.8 x 11.9 cm (6 5/8 x 4 11/16 in) plate: 16.7 x 13 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/8 in) sheet: 20.2 x 15 cm (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2002.98.192
Credit line
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Landscape
  • aquatint
Provenance

(Andrew Stasik Fine Arts, Darien, CT); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 3, 1997; gift to NGA, 2002.

Inscription

lower left in plate: J.D. Smillie; lower right in graphite: As left by the acid / James D. Smillie; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Pratt Institute / off the acid

NGA object ID 119992. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.