Westlake Panorama

A panoramic woodblock print shows a lakeside town climbing a wooded hillside, with tiled-roof halls, a tall multi-story pagoda and a small pavilion on the shore. Willows lean over the water, and boats with figures glide across the lake, while travelers walk the causeway in the lower left.

Look closer: Small figures walk along the causeway and a fisherman stands in a boat near the lower center, easy to overlook among the foliage.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-1700s

Medium

One of four woodblock prints; ink on paper; printed with three woodblocks in shades of black

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2205 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund