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The image shows a landscape with a distant horizon under a sky painted in soft tones of beige and grey. Smooth brushstrokes create transitions between elements. In the foreground, a man stands next to a child on rocky terrain, flanked by trees with autumnal leaves. A clearing leads to a line of trees in the background, blending into misty surroundings. The color palette is earthy and muted, with browns, greens, and grey-blues.
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The image shows a landscape with a distant horizon under a sky painted in soft tones of beige and grey. Smooth brushstrokes create transitions between elements. In the foreground, a man stands next to a child on rocky terrain, flanked by trees with autumnal leaves. A clearing leads to a line of trees in the background, blending into misty surroundings. The color palette is earthy and muted, with browns, greens, and grey-blues.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

At Catskill, Greene County, New York

B. F. Edmonds

Date
19th century
Medium
watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper mounted to wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 33.97 × 30.48 cm (13 3/8 × 12 in.) mount: 35.56 × 30.48 cm (14 × 12 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.823
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Rudolph Max Kauffmann, 1955)
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Landscape
  • Catskills
  • landscape
Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1955; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

lower left support in pen and brown ink: B. F. Edmonds; lower center of support in pen and brown ink: At Catskill, Green County New York

NGA object ID 184915. 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.