View Across A Lake or River to Mountains (from Sketchbook)
ca. 1860–ca. 1864
Medium
Graphite, watercolor, on beige paper
Dimensions
9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (24.8 x 35.2 cm)
Classification
Watercolor
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
1992.373.17
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Art Historical Context
Thomas Hewes Hinck *View Across A Lake or to Mountains*, created around 1860–1864, offers a serene glimpse into the American Romantic tradition of landscape art. Drawn from his sketchbook this intimate study captures a tranquil vista of reflective waters leading to distant, majestic peaks, framed by trees. Rendered in graphite and watercolor on beige paper (9 3/4 x 13 7/8 in.), it exemplifies artist's keen eye for nature's subtle moods during a pivotal era—the American Civil War—when many artists sought solace and grandeur in the wilderness. Hinckley, an American painter known for his luminou...
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...