Sketchbook of Hudson River and Shawangunk Mountain Subjects
ca. 1870
Medium
Drawings in graphite on off-white wove paper, bound in a buckram-covered cardboard cover
Dimensions
Cover: 5 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (14.6 x 23.2 cm) Leave or Page: 5 1/2 x 8 13/16 in. (14 x 22.4 cm)
Classification
Sketchbook
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of S. B. Luyster, 1936
Accession Number
36.124
Tags
About the Artist
Daniel Huntington · 1816–1906
Daniel Huntington (1816–1906) was born into a prominent New York family on October 4, 1816, descending from distinguished New England lineage. His early education began at age fourteen at Smith's Academy in New Haven, followed by Yale College, where he studied with Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor, artist, and president of the National Academy of Design, in 1835. After a disciplinary incident invo...