This print depicts a winter scene from a slightly elevated perspective. The view captures a group of people engaging in various activities on a frozen river surrounded by snow-covered hills and trees, some bare and some with green needles. In the distance, a wooden bridge spans the frozen water, and distant houses, trees, and birds are seen against gentle snowy hills under soft sunlight. At the bottom of the painting, some people sled down a hill onto the frozen water while others skate on the ice. The people wear warm buttoned coats in shades of yellow, green, brown, and blue. Some wear brown hats and red scarves. In the bottom right corner, large chunks have been taken out of the ice, and thin cracks form. The painting has a color palette of blues and whites, contrasting with warm tones from the clothing of the people. The cloudy sky above is mostly gray with some patches of pale blue peeking through. At the bottom a line of text reads "AMERICAN WINTER SCENES."
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This print depicts a winter scene from a slightly elevated perspective. The view captures a group of people engaging in various activities on a frozen river surrounded by snow-covered hills and trees, some bare and some with green needles. In the distance, a wooden bridge spans the frozen water, and distant houses, trees, and birds are seen against gentle snowy hills under soft sunlight. At the bottom of the painting, some people sled down a hill onto the frozen water while others skate on the ice. The people wear warm buttoned coats in shades of yellow, green, brown, and blue. Some wear brown hats and red scarves. In the bottom right corner, large chunks have been taken out of the ice, and thin cracks form. The painting has a color palette of blues and whites, contrasting with warm tones from the clothing of the people. The cloudy sky above is mostly gray with some patches of pale blue peeking through. At the bottom a line of text reads "AMERICAN WINTER SCENES."

National Gallery of Art · Print

American Winter Scenes: Morning

Frances Flora Bond Palmer

Date
1854
Medium
lithograph with hand coloring on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 41.5 x 60.9 cm (16 5/16 x 24 in.) sheet: 54 x 71 cm (21 1/4 x 27 15/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1985.64.158
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • United States
  • landscape
  • lithograph
  • Winter
Inscription

Text at bottom of stone: F.F. Palmer, Del. / Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1854 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. / Lith.& Pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St. N.Y. / American Winter Scenes. / Morning.

NGA object ID 66572. 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.