Pennsylvania Landscape
c. 1810-1830
Medium
etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 25.72 × 35.72 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.) sheet: 28.58 × 37.47 cm (11 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)
Accession Number
2015.19.872
Art Historical Context
Thomas Doughty's *Pennsylvania Landscape*, created around 1810-1830, captures the serene beauty of America's early 19th-century wilderness through the delicate medium of etching on wove paper. Measuring about 10 by 14 inches, this-line print exemplifies Doughty's pioneering role as of the first native-born.S. artists to focus exclusively on landscape painting. His works, often romanticized visions of nature, bridged European traditions with a growing American appreciation for the nation's own vistas, predating the Hudson River School. Etching, Doughty's chosen technique here, involved incisin...
About the Artist
Thomas Doughty
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