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On the Hudson

Thomas Doughty

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape painting with a body of water in the background, featuring sailboats. The foreground has a brown dirt path and a few trees on the left side and a dense group of trees on the right side. A person stands on the path. There are hills and mountains in the distance. The sky is cloudy and blue. The body of water stretches across the middle of the painting, with land on both sides. There are trees and bushes along the shoreline. The overall color palette is muted, with shades of brown, green, and blue. The painting style is realistic. The title of the painting is "On the Hudson" and the artist is Thomas Doughty.

Artwork Details

Date
1830–35
Medium
Oil on canvas
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 412 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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