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View on the New Turnpike Road, on the Margin of the Juniata, with a Distant View of the Warrior Mountain

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a landscape with a road, river, and mountain. The road is on the right side, curving to the left and away from the viewer, covered in snow with tire tracks. It is bordered on the right by a rocky cliff with large boulders and some trees growing out of it, some icicles hanging from it. The cliff is brown with some snow on top. On the left side of the road is a frozen river, also covered in snow, with some bare trees along its bank. In the background, there are more trees and a hill on the left side. In the far distance, a mountain is visible. The sky above is gray and overcast. The entire scene is framed by a thin black border, and the paper has a beige, aged appearance.

Artwork Details

Date
1820
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, brown ink, and sgraffito on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 419 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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