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Leaving Athens (from Sketchbook)

Mary Newbold Sargent

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a black and white sketch of a landscape. A body of water stretches across the bottom half. The watercolor painting depicts a mountain range in the background. The mountains are drawn with simple lines and shading. The sky above the mountains is light with some darker clouds. The mountains are shaded darker on the right. A town or village is on the left side of the mountains. The sky and water are shades of gray. The artwork is bordered by a thin black line. Handwritten cursive text is in the bottom-right corner. The text reads "Leaving Athens Port Elizabeth, Sept.17th '04". The image background is plain white.

Artwork details

Date:
1904
Medium:
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 488 px
Museum record:
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