Description
1 drawing on paper : watercolor heightened with white, over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 27.7 x 40.5 cm, on mount 35.2 x 50.5 cm. | Drawing shows several anxiously waiting men with rifles, looking to the right, possibly a duck hunting party, on a levee with marsh grasses along the shore, which partially obscures two men in a rowboat, possibly duck decoys among the grasses on the lower right; on the right, in the distance, a sailboat is visible; a farmhouse (on the right) with large barn and other large buildings, and two tall Lombardy poplar trees, occupy the background; and a flock of birds enters on the left.
Image Licence
No known restrictions on publication.
Image Credit
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-50284
Location
Philadelphia, USA
Country
USA
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
The artist lived and worked in Philadelphia. This image could depict the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.