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The image contains two pencil sketches of natural landscapes. The top sketch shows a rocky cliff, rolling hills in the distance, and a valley horizon. The strokes are soft and use light shading to depict the scene in shades of gray. The bottom sketch features a wooden bridge over a calm stream, with a tall tree in the background. The pencil strokes are detailed, capturing the textures of rocks, wood, and water. The gray tones unify the sketches, emphasizing the serene natural setting.
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The image contains two pencil sketches of natural landscapes. The top sketch shows a rocky cliff, rolling hills in the distance, and a valley horizon. The strokes are soft and use light shading to depict the scene in shades of gray. The bottom sketch features a wooden bridge over a calm stream, with a tall tree in the background. The pencil strokes are detailed, capturing the textures of rocks, wood, and water. The gray tones unify the sketches, emphasizing the serene natural setting.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Below Fawn's Leap, Catskill Mountains; and Above the Bridge

Andrew Fisher Bunner

Date
1866
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 35.24 × 25.08 cm (13 7/8 × 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.256
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Kate Bunner, wife of the artist, 1902)
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Catskills
  • landscape
Provenance

the artist, New York; Mrs. Kate Bunner (wife of the artist), New York, 1897; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1902; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

center left in graphite: A.F.B. / Below Fawn's Leap, Catskill Mts July 31st/66; lower left in graphite: A.F.B. / Above the Bridge July 31st/66

NGA object ID 184457. 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.