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Drawing of a yard of a cooperage on the banks of the Rhine. a landscape depicted of tan tone of a smooth-surfaced paper.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Albert Bierstadt's Landscape on the Rhine

Curator Drawing

Albert Bierstadt was born in Solingen, Germany, but came to the United States with his family in 1832 and settled with them in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Drawing depicting a young child lying on a bed, the eyes and chin with deep shadows and relies on the brightness of the paper to emphasize the nose and brow. The effect of lamplight is suggested by the color of the paper as revealed through black veils of charcoal.

American Drawings and Watercolors

Eastman Johnson's Child in Bed

Curator Drawing

Eastman Johnson was raised in Maine in a family of eight children, and