The image is a pencil sketch depicting a landscape. The horizon line is high, near the top of the sketch, showing a valley with hills in the distance. There are faint outlines of mountains or hills on the horizon. Close to the observer, there are lines indicating tree stumps and rocky terrain, suggesting a forested area. Scattered lines represent trees and hedgerows. In the center, there is a densely sketched area of trees leading up to a fort or structure atop a hill, labeled "Fort Putnam" at the bottom. The pencil lines are light and delicate, with feathery strokes for the trees and…
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Fort Putnam

Seth Eastman (American, 1808 - 1875)

1837

Medium
graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 12.07 × 23.5 cm (4 3/4 × 9 1/4 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Membership Association Fund, 1948)
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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