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Landscape with Mill

1835-1840

Seth Wells Cheney

Associated Names

Seth Wells Cheney

Artist, American, 1810 - 1856

The image shows a pencil sketch of a rural landscape with a tall, cylindrical tower on a hill. The horizon is low, with the land gently sloping downwards on the right. A large rock or boulder is near the tower. The sketch is monochromatic, using shades of gray to depict the scene. The background is empty, highlighting the solitude of the landscape and the windmill structure.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)
Dimensions

sheet: 23.81 × 31.75 cm (9 3/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.893

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Cheney Family; Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

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Bibliography

1983

Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 9, no. 64.

Watermarks

5 [partial]

Wikidata ID

Q64630844

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