The Palisades

Item

Title
The Palisades
Rights
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public Domain
Creator
Hill, John William (1812-1879)
Date
1870 C.E.
Description
A field with an abundance of shrubbery and thick collection of trees to the right. A house to the right said to be William S. Cochran’s. To the left a small huddle of cows laying in the grass. A group of people in the center right of the painting. In the distance there is the Hudson River with another land mass after the river.
Format
Painting. Watercolor and gouache on white woven paper. 1993.5289 ⅝ x 16 ⅛ in.
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contributor
Alexis Nelson
Identifier
1993.528
Subject
Hudson River; hatching; stippling; hills; trees; boats; romanticism; cattle.
Source
Jpg File. Unknown Photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 11/2/21. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12953?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&when=A.D.+1800-1900&what=Paintings&high=on&ao=on&showOnly=openAccess&ft=*&offset=40&rpp=20&pos=48
Item sets
Romanticism
Media
Palisades.jpg