# Lake Memphremagog

- By: Harry Fenn (American, 1838/45–1911)
- Date: c. 1880s
- Medium: watercolor and gouache over graphite
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 34.3 x 47.4 cm (13 1/2 x 18 11/16 in.)
- Culture: America
- Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1976.115)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1976.115/1976.115_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)

This watercolor reveals the technical virtuosity of Harry Fenn, an illustrator famed for his rich handling of detail and his bizarre sense of fantasy. As a young man, Fenn sketched widely in the United States for a lavish two-volume set titled Picturesque America. After 1881, he devoted himself to watercolor painting and illustrating. This watercolor represents Lake Memphremagog, which extends across the border of America and Canada, from North Vermont into South Quebec.