Lake Scene in the Adirondack Mountains, 1864 (from Sketchbook)
Medium
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.8 x 35.2 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Sheila and Richard J. Schwartz Fund and Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992
Accession Number
1992.373.16
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About this artwork
Thomas Hewes Hinckley's graphite sketch captures the rugged beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, a region that attracted increasing numbers of artists and tourists during the mid-19th century. Drawn in 1864 from a sketchbook, this work documents Hinckley's excursion to the Adirondacks during the Civil War period, when wilderness appreciation was reshaping American cultural values. Hinckley, better known for his animal paintings—particularly dogs and cattle—here demonstrates his skill in landscape...
About the Artist
Thomas Hewes Hinckley · 1813–1896
Thomas Hewes Hinckley (1813–1896) was an American painter who became one of the leading specialists in animal painting in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, he was largely self-taught in his early years, developing his skills through sustained observation of animals in the field and study of European masters whose work he encountered in reproduction...