This painting depicts a vast countryside from an elevated point of view. At the bottom of the painting is a wide brown and green field that appears to be growing wheat or a similar crop. Small people appear to work the field, gathering the material into piles. Brown and white cows graze in a green area behind the field. A stand of tall, dark green trees sits in the middle of the painting, behind the field. In the distance there are rolling green hills with small white buildings scattered around them. Behind these hills lies a tall, light blue mountain. Most of the top half of the painting is…
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Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley

painter George Inness (American, 1825 - 1894)

1867

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 76 × 115 cm (29 15/16 × 45 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Ina and Jack Kay
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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