Lake Maggiore, May 11, 1869 (recto, from Sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee, 1869

MEDIUMGraphite, white gouache, on blue paper

DIMENSIONS4 1/2 x 9 in. (11.4 x 22.9 cm)

LOCATIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Jervis McEntee

Jervis McEntee, a Hudson River School painter, captured the quiet, pensive beauty of autumn and the changing American landscape.