House on a Hillside

c. 1850

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image shows a white house in a rural landscape, framed by an ornate oval frame. A tree partially obscures the house, with branches spreading out. The horizon is mostly hidden by a sloping hillside. The image is monochromatic and resembles a daguerreotype, giving it a vintage, sepia-toned look. A dirt road curves towards the house, lined with a wooden fence. Hills rise in the background, completing the rural scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 6.6 × 9 cm (2 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
    mat: 7.6 × 10.2 cm (3 × 4 in.)
    case (closed): 9.4 × 12 × 1.7 cm (3 11/16 × 4 3/4 × 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.57.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 April 2012, no. 33. as House on a Hillside); (Dennis A. Waters, Exeter, NH); NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • East of the Mississippi, National Gallery of Art, Washington; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 2017 - 2018, no. 16.

Wikidata ID

Q64144729

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