# Chestnut and Pine

- By: David Johnson (American, 1827–1908)
- Date: 1869
- Medium: graphite
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 30.5 x 46.9 cm (12 x 18 7/16 in.)
- Culture: America
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Prasse Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.241)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.241/1969.241_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Primarily self-taught, Johnson’s only formal training was a few lessons with Jasper F. Cropsey (also in this gallery). Johnson was, however, a devoted student of nature.

As was typical of artists of the Hudson River school, he constructed his paintings in the studio with the aid of detailed drawings he had made directly from nature. Probably drawn in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, this sheet pairs two distinct species of tree--a pine and a chestnut--in a harmonious composition.