Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Museum Collections
Hudson River School
Over The Hills and Far Away
Title
Over The Hills and Far Away
Date
1878
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall (unframed): 24 x 42 in. (61 x 106.7 cm)
framed: 31 1/4 x 49 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 79.4 x 125.7 x 6.7 cm )
Description
Under cloudy, restless daylight sky mountains are seen in rearground; autumnal scene with birch trees to right, low slope to left and lightly traveled path in center, small figures placed in center. The landscape combines bucolic sentiment with foreground detailed realism and design derived from inherent components of the scenery.
Credit Line
Gift of Richard T. Sharp
Object Number
1985.23
Marks
obverse, LR: 'McE'
Provenance
National Academy of Design, 1878 #484
Sterling Smith, 1879
Channing Baster (grandson of Sterling Smith), 1924
Mrs. M.G. Intner, 1974
Richard T. Sharp, 1981
New-York Historical Society, 1985
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
