The image features a landscape with mist creating a soft, diffused effect blending the sky with trees in the distance. A tall tree occupies the center, with a figure in a dress on the right side. Soft focus and sepia tones enhance the tranquil mood of the scene.
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The image features a landscape with mist creating a soft, diffused effect blending the sky with trees in the distance. A tall tree occupies the center, with a figure in a dress on the right side. Soft focus and sepia tones enhance the tranquil mood of the scene.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Landscape

Clarence H. White

Date
c. 1905, printed 1910
Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 12 × 9.3 cm (4 3/4 × 3 11/16 in.) sheet: 22.5 × 14.8 cm (8 7/8 × 5 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph · Print
Accession number
2025.15.38
Credit line
Gift of Mark Katzman and Hilary Skirboll
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH

Portfolio and series

Volume
The Artistic Side of Photography

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • Woman
  • Tree
  • Portrait
  • Nature
  • landscape
  • photogravure
Provenance

Lee Clockman, Taos, NM; Mark Katzman, St. Louis, MO, 2014; gift to NGA, 2025.

NGA object ID 231722. 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.