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The image depicts a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated position. The horizon is high in the image, showing rolling hills extending into the distance. A path runs through the scene, lined by a wooden fence that continues into the landscape. The brushstrokes vary in technique with dense, dark lines in the foreground for texture and lighter, sketchier lines for depth. The color scheme is primarily monochromatic, with tan paper complementing black and grey ink tones, creating a classic and timeless look.
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The image depicts a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated position. The horizon is high in the image, showing rolling hills extending into the distance. A path runs through the scene, lined by a wooden fence that continues into the landscape. The brushstrokes vary in technique with dense, dark lines in the foreground for texture and lighter, sketchier lines for depth. The color scheme is primarily monochromatic, with tan paper complementing black and grey ink tones, creating a classic and timeless look.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Road in the Hills Near Dordrecht

Walter Shirlaw

Date
1870-1877
Medium
pen and black ink on wove paper mounted to paperboard
Dimensions
sheet: 33.81 × 56.2 cm (13 5/16 × 22 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.3548
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Landscape
  • Fence
  • Road
  • Hills
  • landscape
Provenance

the artist, New York; Mrs. Walter Shirlaw, New York, 1909; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower center in black ink: Shirlaw / Dordct

NGA object ID 184324. 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.