This sepia-toned photograph depicts a rural landscape littered with tree stumps and debris. Two people stand among the stumps, their backs to us. The person on the right wears a long light coat and a dark hat, and the person on the left wears a white shirt with a dark waistcoat and a pale gray hat and trousers. Two trees with dark leaves are visible, one on the left side and one to the right of center. In the distance is a low hill covered with white buildings. A dirt pathway winds through the landscape in the distance, and wooden fences cut through wide fields. The horizon is visible above…
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Thomas H. Johnson (American, born 1821)

c. 1863-1865

Medium
albumen silver print
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
image: 30.48 x 41.12 cm (12 x 16 3/16 in.) ; mount: 45.56 x 55.72 cm (17 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed

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