December

1877

Henry Farrer

Associated Names
Henry Farrer

Artist, American, born England, 1844 - 1903

The image shows a woodland scene with a forest path. The horizon is depicted where the trees meet the sky. The detailed engravings show leafless, twisting branches. The ground is textured with linework to show earth and vegetation. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of brown and sepia. In the distance, a path winds through the trees with two small figures present.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Sylvester Rosa Koehler, Boston, Massachusetts; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1881; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1879

  • Koehler, S.R., ed. The American Art Review 1, no. 2 (December 1879): p. 56.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: H. Farrer 1877; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: "December"

Wikidata ID

Q77013118

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