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The scene is captured from a low viewpoint, showing a rustic setting with mountains in the background. A hut with a textured roof and ladder is prominently featured in the center right. Sparse foliage leads to the mountains. Fine brushstrokes and sepia tones create a vintage feel. A figure stands in the middle of the landscape.
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The scene is captured from a low viewpoint, showing a rustic setting with mountains in the background. A hut with a textured roof and ladder is prominently featured in the center right. Sparse foliage leads to the mountains. Fine brushstrokes and sepia tones create a vintage feel. A figure stands in the middle of the landscape.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Adobe House

Henry Chapman Ford

Date
1888
Medium
etching in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 7.62 × 15.08 cm (3 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 20 × 27.94 cm (7 7/8 × 11 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.926
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams, 1958)
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • etching
  • Figure
  • House
  • Mountains
  • Building
  • Well
  • landscape
Provenance

Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower right in plate: H.C. Ford '88; lower right in graphite: Henry Chapman Ford

NGA object ID 181633. 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.