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The image shows a nature scene with a grassy field meeting the sky at the horizon. A stream winds through the landscape, with a large tree leaning over it. The tree's bark and foliage are detailed, and the colors are in black and white. In the distance, more trees and sheep can be seen in the fields.
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The image shows a nature scene with a grassy field meeting the sky at the horizon. A stream winds through the landscape, with a large tree leaning over it. The tree's bark and foliage are detailed, and the colors are in black and white. In the distance, more trees and sheep can be seen in the fields.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Willow Grows Aslant The Brook

James Leon Williams

Date
1894
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 18.5 × 24.1 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.) sheet: 29 × 38.7 cm (11 7/16 × 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph · Print
Accession number
2025.15.9
Credit line
Gift of Mark Katzman and Hilary Skirboll
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Volume
The Homes and Haunts of Shakespeare

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Tree
  • Stream
  • Grass
  • landscape
  • photogravure
Provenance

(Junius Books); Mark Katzman, St. Louis, MO, 2002; gift to NGA, 2025.

Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite: 2010.350

NGA object ID 231693. 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.