Landscape, Early Spring

John Henry Hill, 1857

The image displays a natural scene from a ground-level perspective. A grassy plain is in the foreground, leading to a dense cluster of trees without a clear horizon. Foliage fills the background, with detailed trees… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: John Henry Hill ¹
Date: 1857 ¹
Medium: graphite touched with white (gouache?) on light brown paper ¹
Original: 4,942 × 3,228 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, John Davis Hatch Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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Close in palette, light and contrast · computed

The image shows an elevated view of a rugged landscape with a low horizon. The sky occupies the upper two-thirds of the image. Two ancient columns, partially broken and weathered, are on a rocky outcrop to the right.…

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Similar light, opposite temperature · computed

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