Sketchbook, page 08: Carter Mountian (?)
Medium
graphite
Classification
Bound Volume
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Sundry Purchase Fund
Accession Number
1971.116.h
Tags
male
About this artwork
Gifford was an American landscape painter belonging to the second generation of Hudson River school artists. Based in New York City with a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building, Gifford took annual summer trips to the Catskills, the Adirondacks, and other scenic locations in New England. This sketchbook accompanied the artist on his expedition in 1859 to New Hampshire and Maine, where he drew sites such as Dixville Notch, the White Mountains, and Peaks Island, Casco Bay. Gifford used such g...