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Fishkill Mountain, 1871 (from Sketchbook)

Daniel Huntington

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of a landscape. The sketch is drawn on two pages that are opened to show a continuous scene. The scene shows a body of water in the middle with trees on the bottom left and a hill on the background. The hill on the background has several peaks and slopes. The peaks are rounded. The slopes have lines suggesting texture. The body of water is drawn with a straight line. The trees are drawn with varying heights and thicknesses. Some trees have dense foliage. Some trees have sparse foliage. The trees are located on the left and middle bottom of the sketch. The background is a light gray color. The sketch has writing at the bottom. The writing is difficult to read. The sketch has a white background around it.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Graphite on paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
598 × 200 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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