Landscape

c. 1835-1840

Seth Wells Cheney

Associated Names
Seth Wells Cheney

Artist, American, 1810 - 1856

This drawing shows a landscape with a path leading into a cluster of trees scattered across a gentle slope, some forming a small grove to the right and a few standing isolated to the left. The drawing is done in a sketchy style in shades of gray and black against the off-white background. Lightly sketched lines indicate grasses and shadows surrounding the path, transitioning into denser tones in the distance.

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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

Associated Names

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. 62.

Watermarks

95 [partial]

Wikidata ID

Q64630807

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