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The image shows a rural landscape from an elevated angle. The horizon features blue hills and a pale sky with hints of clouds and sunlight. In the foreground, a wagon pulled by two animals travels on a dirt path leading to a small settlement. Fields of gold, houses, and a tall tree with few leaves are also visible. The color palette is warm with blue accents in the background.
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The image shows a rural landscape from an elevated angle. The horizon features blue hills and a pale sky with hints of clouds and sunlight. In the foreground, a wagon pulled by two animals travels on a dirt path leading to a small settlement. Fields of gold, houses, and a tall tree with few leaves are also visible. The color palette is warm with blue accents in the background.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Gleamy Effect—Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

George Harvey

Date
1835-1840
Medium
watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 21.27 × 34.77 cm (8 3/8 × 13 11/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2015.19.564
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, 1948)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Pennsylvania
  • landscape
Provenance

(Kennedy and Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1948; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

NGA object ID 184947. 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.