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The image shows an etching of a view from under a dense canopy of trees. Large, gnarled trunks dominate the foreground, with two deer grazing on grass in the distance. The horizon is where the grassy field meets a smaller wooded area. The etching technique features fine lines for texture and depth, particularly in the tree bark and leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, with dark lines contrasting against light beige paper to enhance texture and shadows.
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The image shows an etching of a view from under a dense canopy of trees. Large, gnarled trunks dominate the foreground, with two deer grazing on grass in the distance. The horizon is where the grassy field meets a smaller wooded area. The etching technique features fine lines for texture and depth, particularly in the tree bark and leaves. The color palette is monochromatic, with dark lines contrasting against light beige paper to enhance texture and shadows.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Group of Willows

Eleazer Hutchinson Miller

Date
1883
Medium
etching
Dimensions
image: 193 x 279 mm sheet: 259 x 339 mm plate: 211 x 297 mm
Classification
Print
Accession number
2008.115.3533
Credit line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Landscape
  • group
  • figure
  • Cow
  • Tree
  • Grass
Inscription

Inscribed: In pencil, lower left: "A Group of Willows" (artist's hand) Signed: "E.H. Miller, 1883." in plate, lower left; in pencil, lower right: "E.H. Miller"

NGA object ID 148296. 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.