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Cloud Study; Lake [Maggiore?] and Village (verso, from sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a grayscale sketchbook opened to two pages. The left page contains a sketch of a cloud and illegible writing. The right page depicts a landscape drawing. A house with a pitched roof and chimney is on the right. To the left of the house is a smaller structure and a tree. A mountain range is in the background. The left page has a large cloud sketched on it. The background of the image is white.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1869
Medium
Graphite, gouache and watercolor, on blue paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 491 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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