View Across a Field to Farmhouse Amid Trees Backed by Hills (from Sketchbook)
ca. 1860–ca. 1864
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
1992.373.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
Thomas Hewes Hinckley's *View Across a Field to Farmhouse Amid Trees Backed Hills*, from his sketchbook (ca.1860–ca. 1864), captures a serene pastoral scene in graphite on beige paper. This intimate drawing, measuring 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches, depicts a humble farmhouse nestled among trees, framed by rolling hills—a quintessential American landscape evoking tranquility amid the turbulence of the Civil War era. As an American artist who trained in Europe and often worked abroad, Hinckley such sketches to study light, composition, and natural forms, blending Romantic sensitivity with precise observ...
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...