Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto); Landscape and Tree Studies (verso)

c. 1851

David Johnson

David Johnson (American, 1827–1908)

Drawings

Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto); Landscape and Tree Studies (verso), c. 1851. David Johnson (American, 1827–1908). Graphite with pen and brown ink; sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. 1996.369

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Johnson, David
Classification: Drawing
Formatted Medium: graphite with pen and brown ink
Medium: graphite, pen, brown, ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 36.2 x 25.4 cm (14 1/4 x 10 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: recto: by artist, in graphite, ll: toutches. [sic] smaller in the shadows. / and broader in the lights. than study at home. / Conway July 21s [fragmentally underlined] verso: by artist, in graphite, across bottom: shadow. brown, middle tient, brown green. lights yellow. with white for the high lights. [partially underlined] ; by unkown hand, lower right, in graphite: 1500 ; by different unknown hand, lower right, in graphite: 120 [partially erased)