Kauterskill Clove (from Sketchbook of Landscape and Animal Subjects)

A graphite sketch of a wooded mountain valley. A tall pine stands at the left edge while the slopes fall into a ravine, with rounded ridges receding into pale distance under an empty sky. Light shading and open paper give the scene an airy, observational quality.

Look closer: A faint small signature or inscription in the lower right corner of the sheet.

Artist

Thomas Hewes Hinckley

Date

ca. 1860–64

Medium

Graphite, ink washes, and gouache on off-white wove paper

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2107 × 1471 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Sheila and Richard J. Schwartz Fund and Gifts in memory of Stephen D. Rubin, 1992