Rocks and Waterfall
Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash heightened with white on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet (lunette): 14.3 × 13.3 cm (5 5/8 × 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
John Davis Hatch Collection
Accession Number
1979.20.53
Art Historical Context
Casimir Clayton Griswold’s *Rocks and Waterfall* (1878) offers a compact yet evocative glimpse of nature rendered in pen and brown ink with brown wash, heightened with touches of white on wove paper. Measuring just 14.3 by 13.3 centimeters and shaped as a lunette, the drawing’s arched format hints at a possible decorative or architectural purpose, such as a panel design or study for a larger setting. This intimate scale invites close viewing, where the artist’s precise linework and layered washes bring out the textures of stone and the gentle cascade of water. The medium itself is significant...