A Long Island Road
Medium
etching
Dimensions
plate: 98 x 147 mm sheet: 240 x 314 mm
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.2705.7
Art Historical Context
William Henry Shelton's *A Long Island Road* (1887) captures the serene, everyday beauty of rural America through the intimate medium of etching. Shelton, an American artist active in the late 19th century, specialized in detailed landscapes and genre scenes, often evoking the charm of coastal and countryside locales like Long Island, New York. This print, with its modest plate size of 98 x 147 mm on a larger sheet (240 x 314 mm), invites viewers to trace the winding path through open fields, a quintessential snapshot of post-Civil War pastoral life amid encroaching urbanization. Etching, She...