Cherry Lake, White Mountains
Medium
graphite with gouache on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 32.07 × 48.26 cm (12 5/8 × 19 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase through a gift of Mrs. J.L.M. Curry)
Accession Number
2015.19.2619
Art Historical Context
**Cherry Lake, White Mountains**1859) by Aaron Shattuck captures the serene beauty of New Hampshire's White Mountains, favored subject among 19th-century American artists. Shattuck, an accomplished landscape painter influenced by the Hudson River School renders Cherry Lake with meticulous detail, evoking the Romantic ideal of nature's grandeur. Created during a period when American artists sought to celebrate their nation's wilderness amid rapid industrialization, this work reflects the era's fascination with the sublime American landscape. Executed in graphite with gouache on wove paper—a te...