Sketchbook

George Henry Hall

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Object Label

George Henry Hall’s large sketchbook contains highly finished images of locations in Italy and the northeastern United States, with the majority of pages devoted to his Italian travels in 1852. Since Hall is primarily known as a genre and still-life painter, this sketchbook provides a rare glimpse into his experiments with landscape composition. Executed naturalistically in graphite with accents of white watercolor, the drawings follow the picturesque landscape conventions established by the Hudson River School. These conventions include framing a distant panoramic vista with foreground trees or other vertical elements.

Caption

George Henry Hall American, 1825–1913. Sketchbook, various dates, 1852–1893. Graphite and opaque watercolor on cream, blue, beige, medium thick, slightly textured wove papers, Closed: 11 1/16 x 16 13/16 x 13/16 in. (28.1 x 42.7 x 2.1 cm) Open: 11 1/16 x 33 3/4 in. (28.1 x 85.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jennie Brownscombe, 16.758.1. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.758.1_p27_PS2.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Sketchbook

Date

various dates, 1852–1893

Medium

Graphite and opaque watercolor on cream, blue, beige, medium thick, slightly textured wove papers

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

Closed: 11 1/16 x 16 13/16 x 13/16 in. (28.1 x 42.7 x 2.1 cm) Open: 11 1/16 x 33 3/4 in. (28.1 x 85.7 cm)

Inscriptions

[See Description]

Credit Line

Gift of Jennie Brownscombe

Accession Number

16.758.1

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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