California Landscape

1888

Henry Chapman Ford

Associated Names
Henry Chapman Ford

Artist, American, 1828 - 1894

The image displays a landscape viewed from a low angle, featuring an open area with two trees on either side. The trees have detailed foliage and hanging moss. In the background, there is a line of hills below the midpoint. The scene is created with fine etchings simulating leaves and distant terrain. The color scheme is monochromatic in sepia and gray, creating a serene atmosphere. The trees cast soft shadows on the ground, enhancing the peacefulness of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.62 × 15.08 cm (3 × 5 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 19.69 × 27.94 cm (7 3/4 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.927

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ford 1961, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: H.C. Ford '88; lower right in graphite: Henry Chapman Ford

Wikidata ID

Q77011785

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