The image shows a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated point. The horizon is low in the composition with softly rolling hills. Trees are seen along the horizon. The artwork is a line drawing with precise lines defining forms. The color palette is monochromatic with light brown and beige shades. A large tree with extended branches is in the top left corner. In the distance, there is a pastoral scene with open space, meadow-like vegetation, and sparse trees.

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Pennsylvania Landscape

Thomas Doughty (American, 1791 - 1856)

c. 1810-1830

Medium: etching in black on wove paper
Classification: Print
Dimensions: image: 25.72 × 35.72 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.) ; sheet: 28.58 × 37.47 cm (11 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund, 1956)
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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