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Grove of Poplars with a Memorial Bust, David Hosack Estate, Hype Park, New York (from Hosack Album)

Thomas Kelah Wharton

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white landscape drawing. A grassy area with a bench sits in the center and a memorial bust on a pedestal to the left. Several tall, thin trees and some bushes are on the grassy area. A large tree trunk is on the left side. A pathway leads to the grassy area from the bottom left. There are more trees in the background. Hills are in the distance. The sky is light.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1832
Medium:
Black in (or watercolor) applied with pen and brush and sgraffito on off-white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 414 px
Museum record:
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