The image shows a lakeside scene from a slightly elevated perspective. There is a horizon line just below the center, with a lake reflecting trees and distant hills. The artwork is done in a soft pencil sketch style, with delicate brushstrokes capturing the landscape. The color palette is limited to natural tones of a graphite pencil on off-white paper. The lake reflects trees nearby, and hills rise in the distance under a clear sky.
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Upper Saranac Lake

Homer Dodge Martin (American, 1836 - 1897)

1861

Medium
graphite on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 24.5 × 32.9 cm (9 5/8 × 12 15/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
John Davis Hatch Collection
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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