Study for "White Mountains from North Conway, New Hampshire" [verso]

1851

David Johnson

Associated Names
David Johnson

Artist, American, 1827 - 1908

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on blue, ruled wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image: 8.57 × 13.34 cm (3 3/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 20 × 32.39 cm (7 7/8 × 12 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1023.b

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Associated Artworks

The drawing shows a seated figure wearing a hat, looking into the distance. This creates depth as the viewer follows the figure's gaze over a landscape. The horizon is high in the image, enhancing the vista beyond the figure. The pencil sketch uses controlled lines and shading to depict the figure and the terrain. The color palette is monochromatic, with pencil on paper providing a soft visual effect. The sketch includes grass and rock formations near the figure, with some trees in the distance.

Study for "White Mountains from North Conway, New Hampshire" [recto]

David Johnson

1851

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Johnson Estate; Mrs. Roger S. Teachout; (James Graham & Sons, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; 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. 41, no. 289.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite by unknown hand: $350- / #17006 / D.J-6

Wikidata ID

Q64540815

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