East Hampton Meadows

George Henry Smillie

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a serene landscape with a small body of water in the foreground. A narrow stream or pond runs horizontally across the bottom left corner of the canvas. The water's surface reflects the surrounding environment. The foreground features brown and green grasses and rocks scattered along the water's edge. A small cluster of white birds are gathered near the right side of the water. A wooden fence stretches across the middle of the painting, separating the water and foreground from a field in the background. The field is covered in green and yellow grasses and dotted with several trees. A large tree with sparse leaves stands on the left side of the fence, while another tree with fuller foliage stands on the right. The background features a line of trees on the horizon, set against a pale blue and white sky.