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Seascape and Landscape

c. 1859

American 19th Century

Associated Names

American 19th Century

Artist

The image features two pencil sketches on a single sheet. The top sketch shows a tranquil water view with a small boat on the left and trees in the background. The lower sketch, enclosed in an oval, depicts a pastoral landscape with a path, a house emitting smoke, and tall trees. Both sketches use soft pencil strokes to create a grayscale color palette, emphasizing form and depth.

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Artwork overview

Medium

charcoal and graphite on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)
Dimensions

sheet: 37.15 × 25.88 cm (14 5/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.887

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. 10, no. 69.

Watermarks

J Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1859

Wikidata ID

Q64534852

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