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Upper End, Lake George (from Sketchbook)

John William Casilear

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of trees on a hill overlooking a lake. The sketch is drawn on white paper. There are several thin trees on a hill sloping downward toward the lake. The trees are drawn on the left and right sides of the image. There are darker areas suggesting leaves on the trees. A smaller plant grows in the center of the image on the hill. The lake is in the background. There are hills on the other side of the lake. A signature and date are written in pencil at the bottom left.

Artwork Details

Date
1834, 1838
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 484 px
Public Domain
Yes
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