The Lovely Gertrude, Safe from Present Harm

Edward Webb, after George Elgar Hicks

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing featuring a group of individuals on a hillside. The scene includes European settlers and Native American figures, alongside simple structures and a distant landscape. The figures are outlined minimally, focusing on their forms rather than details. One figure holds a shield and spear, while another is draped in a cloak, looking forward. The composition implies interaction or observation, with figures facing different directions. The drawing has a balanced symmetry, highlighting the central figures with the landscape in the background.