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The image shows a landscape scene with trees and water, depicted using intricate line work with a monochromatic sepia color palette. The scene includes foliage, tree trunks, and distant structures or vegetation. Close to the viewer, there are detailed plants and grasses framing the composition, with two small figures for scale.
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The image shows a landscape scene with trees and water, depicted using intricate line work with a monochromatic sepia color palette. The scene includes foliage, tree trunks, and distant structures or vegetation. Close to the viewer, there are detailed plants and grasses framing the composition, with two small figures for scale.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banks of a River (Bords de Riviere)

Paul Huet

Date
c. 1866
Medium
cliché-verre
Classification
Print
Accession number
1978.1.4
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • figure
  • Landscape
  • Tree
  • River

NGA object ID 56557. 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.