Graves of Travellers, Fort Kearny, Nebraska

Worthington Whittredge

Cleveland Museum of Art

The painting depicts a vast, open landscape with a grassy field and a cloudy sky. The field is green with patches of brown and red vegetation. There are several wooden grave markers of varying heights scattered throughout the field. In the distance, there are low hills or mountains on the horizon. The sky above is filled with white and gray clouds, appearing mostly cloudy. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of green, brown, gray, and white dominating the scene. The painting is signed in the bottom right corner.