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Rocky Landscape

c. 1835-1840

Seth Wells Cheney

Associated Names

Seth Wells Cheney

Artist, American, 1810 - 1856

The image is a pencil drawing of a landscape with an elevated viewpoint. The horizon is low, with the sea extending along it. The land is depicted with pencil strokes, while waves or grass are illustrated with lines. Close by, there are rocks and vegetation. In the distance, boats are faintly visible, with two large boulders on a cliff on the right. The drawing has a monochrome palette and soft shading, creating a serene look.

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Artwork overview

Medium

graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)
Dimensions

sheet: 23.34 × 31.91 cm (9 3/16 × 12 9/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.892

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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Exhibition History

1979

Sketches by Contemporaries of Frederic E. Church, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979

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. 63.

Wikidata ID

Q64630878

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