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James McCullough's Leadmill

Jasper Francis Cropsey

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a landscape with several buildings and trees on the horizon, a river or wide path flowing across the scene, and grass and foliage in the foreground. The composition features an expansive sky dominating most of the image. The artwork utilizes muted tones of gray and soft browns, with intricate details in pencil strokes to depict textures of vegetation and rocks.

Artwork Details

Date
1844
Medium
graphite and gray ink wash with gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
4000 × 2643 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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