River Scene (from McGuire Scrapbook)
1840
Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
6 x 7 9/16 in. (15.2 x 19.2 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of James C. McGuire, 1926
Accession Number
26.216.13
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Art Historical Context
Thomas Doughty’s *River Scene* (1840), a delicate graphite drawing on off-white wove paper offers an intimate glimpse into the early development of American landscape art. Measuring just 6 x 79/16 inches, this modest sketch captures a tranquil riverside vista featuring boats gliding along canals and rivers, framed by lush trees. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Wing, it entered the collection as part of the McGuire Scrap, generously gifted by James C. McGuire in 1926. As one of America’s first native-born landscape painters, Doughty helped pioneer the genre in the 1820s and 1...
About the Artist
Thomas Doughty
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